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'''ThinkPad''' is a professional-oriented brand of laptop and tablet [[personal computer|PC]]s from [[Lenovo]]. The product line was a part of the [[International B {{Image|IBM Portable Personal Computer.jpg|right|200px|The IBM 5155 Portable Personal Computer. It weighed 30 lbs and was sold at around $3,000.<ref name="nytimeswallstre

...lly one that utilizes "Commercial Off the Shelf" (COTS) hardware such as [[personal computer|personal computers]] and [[Computer network|Ethernet switches]] to link the

...ed for use by one user, as compared with [[server (computer)|servers]]. A personal computer, for example, will typically include the ability to play [[music]] and disp The term ''personal computer'' entered common use when small, personally affordable computers became ava

...centered in the United States and led to the widespread availability of [[personal computer|personal computers]] (affordable by individuals) in the 1980s. Beginning in

Before the widespread use of [[time-sharing system]]s, and single-user [[personal computer]]s, punch cards were a widely used media for inputing information to comput

Initially developed and used primarily by individual enthusiasts on [[personal computer|personal computers]], Linux has since gained the support of corporations su ...ercomputers]] to [[mobile phone|mobile phones]], and has a foothold in the personal computer and business desktop markets.

...nd aimed to make available daily bulletins of developments in the emerging personal computer industry, abstracts of Mac magazine articles ([[MacWorld]] and [[MacUser]]

...tal video|video]] decoding. A graphics processing unit is a part of all [[personal computer]]s, most [[workstation (computer)|workstation]]s, and some [[web server|ser

...s usually a special-purpose computer, although it is possible to program a personal computer to perform the same functions of a router. Minimally, a router contains a [

===The dawn of the Personal Computer in the 1970s and 1980s===

Computers running Windows have commonly been referred to as [[Personal Computer|Personal Computers]] (PCs) for many years, as opposed to [[Macintosh|Macs]]

...ET, which principally linked large time-sharing computers; there were no [[personal computer]]s, [[local area network]], or routing within organizations.

...en Buddhism. He and Wozniak co-founded Apple in 1976 to sell their Apple I personal computer. Together the duo gained success a year later with production and sale of t

...ze the item as belonging to a mechanically compatible family. For example, personal computer motherboards come in form factors defined by such things as ATX, and PC tow

...nc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run as a server atop a [[Personal Computer]], and the network protocols it used were based on the archetypal Xerox XNS

...Combined with the advent and eventual vast success of the now ubiquitous [[personal computer]], the term "CPU" is now applied almost exclusively to microprocessors. ...] - [[Advanced Micro Devices]], a designer of primarily [[x86]]-compatible personal computer CPUs.

...ation are found in the routing table. If a router or end system (such as a Personal computer|PC running Microsoft Windows or Linux), cannot find a route for a destinati

...en first-person RPG ''[[The Elder Scrolls: Arena]]'' in 1994 for [[DOS]] [[Personal computer|PC]] systems. The game began a tradition of games based on the principles o ...han past titles. ''Morrowind'' was released on both the [[Xbox]] and the [[Personal computer|PC]], and saw popular and critical success on both, selling upwards of 4 mi

...he outside world, and reports its results back to that world. On a typical personal computer, input devices include objects like the keyboard and [[computer mouse|mouse ...record the results. Over the years, other devices have been added. For the personal computer, for instance, [[computer keyboard|keyboards]] and [[computer mouse|mice]]

...ew (video games)|homebrew software]], it is generally easier to modify the personal computer version of games using common, easy-to-obtain software. Users can then dist ...ing interest in [[CD]]s and [[DVD]]s as the next compact storage media for personal computer games. The rising popularity of DVD drives in modern PCs, and the larger ca