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2. Personal computer - Wikipedia

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   A personal computer, often referred to as a PC or simply computer, is a computer designed for individual use. [1] It is typically used for tasks such as word processing, internet browsing, email, multimedia playback, and gaming. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or technician.

3. History of personal computers - Wikipedia

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   The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.

4. List of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   Fuchsia is a capability-based real-time operating system (RTOS) scalable to universal devices, in early development, from the tiniest embedded hardware, wristwatches, tablets to the largest personal computers. Unlike ChromeOS and Android, it is not based on the Linux kernel, but instead began on a new microkernel called "Zircon", derived from ...

5. Operating system - Wikipedia

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   An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs. Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also include accounting software for cost allocation of processor time , mass storage , peripherals, and ...

6. History of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   On the first computers, with no operating system, every program needed the full hardware specification to run correctly and perform standard tasks, and its own drivers for peripheral devices like printers and punched paper card readers. The growing complexity of hardware and application programs eventually made operating systems a necessity for ...

7. Timeline of computing 1990–1999 - Wikipedia

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   Available in 400 MHz, 450 MHz and 500 MHz versions, Apple claimed it as the first personal computer to be capable of over one billion floating-point operations per second. October 11 Nvidia releases Geforce 256, claiming to be the first consumer level Graphics Processor Unit with Transform and Lighting Engine. November 29

8. Comparison of operating systems - Wikipedia

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   Education, personal computer: RISC OS 4 RISCOS Ltd, Pace plc: 1999 RISC OS 4.39 2004: Bundled with hardware, then sold separately at £70 (US$127) Proprietary: Education, personal computer: RISC OS 5 Castle Technology, RISC OS Open: 2002 RISC OS 4 5.28 [6] 2020: No cost: Apache-2.0: Education, personal computer: RISC OS 6 RISCOS Ltd 2006 RISC ...

9. Desktop computer - Wikipedia

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   IBM 5150 Personal Computer A person working on a 2004 tower PC computer with a Dell monitor. Early personal computers, like the original IBM Personal Computer, were enclosed in a "desktop case", horizontally oriented to have the display screen placed on top, thus saving space on the user's actual desk, although these cases had to be sturdy ...