15 Facts About Personal computer

Personal computer is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.

Personal computer was made possible by major advances in semiconductor technology.

The demonstration required technical support staff and a mainframe time-sharing Personal computer that were far too costly for individual business use at the time.

In 1973, the IBM Los Gatos Scientific Center developed a portable Personal computer prototype called SCAMP based on the IBM PALM processor with a Philips compact cassette drive, small CRT, and full function keyboard.

The Personal computer bus designed for the Altair was to become a de facto standard in the form of the S-100 bus, and the first programming language for the machine was Microsoft's founding product, Altair BASIC.

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In 1977 the Heath company introduced personal computer kits known as Heathkits, starting with the Heathkit H8, followed by the Heathkit H89 in late 1979.

Experimental public access to a shared mainframe Personal computer system was demonstrated as early as 1973 in the Community Memory project, but bulletin board systems and online service providers became more commonly available after 1978.

Workstation is a high-end personal computer designed for technical, mathematical, or scientific applications.

Workstations are used for tasks such as Personal computer-aided design, drafting and modeling, computation-intensive scientific and engineering calculations, image processing, architectural modeling, and Personal computer graphics for animation and motion picture visual effects.

Gaming Personal computer is a desktop Personal computer that generally comprises a high-performance video card, processor and RAM, to improve the speed and responsiveness of demanding video games.

An all-in-one Personal computer is a desktop Personal computer that combines the monitor and processor within a single unit.

Nettop Personal computer was introduced by Intel in February 2008, characterized by low cost and lean functionality.

Laptop Personal computer is designed for portability with "clamshell" design, where the keyboard and Personal computer components are on one panel, with a hinged second panel containing a flat display screen.

Computer hardware is a comprehensive term for all physical and tangible parts of a Personal computer, as distinguished from the data it contains or operates on, and the software that provides instructions for the hardware to accomplish tasks.

Generally, a Personal computer user uses application software to carry out a specific task.