PCS

abbreviation

1. Personal Communications Service: a system of digital wireless communications, used especially for mobile phones and often including additional features, as caller ID or paging.

PCS

abbreviation

1. Public and Commercial Services Union

Word History and Origins

Origin of PCS¹

1995–2000

Example Sentences

Handheld PCs are no longer a rarity, and neither are handheld games machines.

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Mainframe computers were disrupted by PCs, which were disrupted by the World Wide Web, which was disrupted by smartphones.

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People who own PCs eligible for Windows 11 can upgrade for free.

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Microsoft will stop sending critical security updates and fixes to Windows 10 PCs.

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And OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has his sights set on a “family of devices” that he hopes could one day supplant the smartphone, as phones displaced PCs.

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