Definition of "PC"

Initialism of partially continuous.  examples

Initialism of politically correct.  examples

Initialism of pro-choice.  examples

Initialism of Progressive Conservative.  examples

Initialism of personal computer.

1. A personal computer, especially one similar to an IBM PC that runs Microsoft Windows (or, originally, DOS), usually as opposed to (say) an Apple Mac.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • “For some of the imaging we do,” says Richard Miner, research manager at the University of Lowell's Center for Productivity Enhancement, “we are using both the Amiga and the PC [with the bridge card]. […]

     1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, numbers 27-39, page 28

   • In general, the prices for PC and Mac laptops can be competitive, […]

     2006, Sonia Weiss, Streetwise Selling On Ebay, page 89

   • Versions of Word for PC and MacIt is not unusual to find both Mac and PC computers in college computer laboratories, so you may need to become familiar with both Word for PCs and Word for Mac.

     2010, Ann Raimes, Maria Jerskey, Keys for Writers, page 297

Initialism of parsec.  examples

Initialism of photocopy.  examples

(medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.  examples

(gaming) Initialism of player character.  examples

(law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.  examples

Initialism of political correctness.  examples

(organic chemistry) Initialism of polycarbonate.  examples

(anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.  examples

Initialism of privy council.  examples

Initialism of privy councillor. and postnominal.  examples

Initialism of press conference.  examples

(US) Initialism of probable cause.  examples

(UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.  examples

Initialism of Probate Court.  examples

(film) Initialism of Production Code.  examples

Initialism of Professional Corporation.  examples

(computing) Initialism of program counter.  examples

Initialism of progressive contextualization.  examples

(Canadian politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative.  examples

(Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada.  examples

Initialism of protective custody.  quotations  examples

Initialism of private chat.  examples

Initialism of patrol craft.  examples

(anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.  examples

(bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)  examples

(gambling) Abbreviation of percentage.  quotations  examples

(organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.  examples

Initialism of personnel carrier.  examples

Initialism of Proto-Celtic.  examples

Initialism of Penn Central.  examples

(US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.  examples

Initialism of Phrozen Crew.  examples

(UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru.  examples

(US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.  examples

(Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.  examples

(Canada, politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party.  examples

(sometimes with up) To make politically correct.  quotations  examples