English
Noun
home computer (plural home computers)
- (computer hardware, dated) A computer intended for use in the home.
- Coordinate term: personal computer
1983, Using Your Home Computer, Macmillan International Higher Education, →ISBN, page 80:This last section is meant to draw your attention to a further sphere of potential use for your home computer, namely letting it monitor and control some activity directly, without your own participation […]
Usage notes
- Used mainly in the late 1970s and 1980s, when computers were available for the home for the first time.
Translations
computer intended for use in the home
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 家用電腦 / 家用电脑 (zh) (jiāyòng diànnǎo)
- Czech: domácí počítač m
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- Finnish: kotitietokone (fi)
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- German: Heimcomputer m
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- Low German:
- German Low German: Heimcomputer m, Heimreekner m
- Portuguese: computador doméstico m
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- Russian: домашний компьютер (ru) m (domašnij kompʹjuter)
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- Spanish: computadora doméstica f, ordenador doméstico m
- Swedish: hemdator (sv) c
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- Vietnamese: máy tính gia đình
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