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[Acronym] for __P__ersonal __C__omputer, an [IBM] trademark.
The idea that everyone would have their own machine was once a strange dream. Back then, people had a terminal connected to a larger machine shared among many users. The world turned, and the computer industry was forever changed.
-[IBM] trademarked the term and specialised it to mean a [x86] machine running [DOS]. This leads to great confusion when pedants (like StuartYeates) refer to [AppleMacintosh] machines as [PC]s.
+[IBM] trademarked the term and specialised it to mean a [x86] machine running [DOS]. This later evolved into WinTel
. This leads to great confusion when pedants (like StuartYeates) refer to [AppleMacintosh] machines as [PC]s.