What is a PC?

The term PC stands for "Personal Computer" and it is the most common way of referring to any non-Macintosh computers. Some people call them IBMs, but that's a misnomer, because not all non-Macs are made by IBM. But, since IBM set the standard in the early years, many people still call these machines "IBM clones".

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