パーソナルコンピューター

Japanese

パーソナルコンピューター (pāsonaru konpyūtā): a desktop PC.

Alternative forms

パーソナルコンピュータ (pāsonaru konpyūta)

Etymology

Borrowed from English personal computer.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) パーソナルコンピューター [pàásónárú kóńpyúꜜùtàà] (Nakadaka – [8])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [pa̠ːso̞na̠ɾɯ̟ᵝ kõ̞mpʲɨᵝːta̠ː]

Noun

パーソナルコンピューター (counter 台, rōmaji pāsonaru konpyūtā)

(computing) a personal computer

Synonyms

(shortening, more common) パソコン (pasokon)

See also

PC (ピーシー) (pīshī)
PC (ピーシー)/AT互換機 (エーティーごかんき) (pī-shī/ē-tī gokanki)

Usage notes

The dated term PC (ピーシー)/AT互換機 (エーティーごかんき) (pī-shī/ē-tī gokanki) occasionally appears in reference to modern computers, with the meaning x86-compatible (i.e., compatible with Intel and AMD processors).

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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