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2. Home computer - Wikipedia

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   Background Mary Allen Wilkes working on the LINC at home in 1965; thought to be the first home computer user The 1974 MITS Altair 8800 home computer (atop extra 8-inch floppy disk drive): one of the earliest computers affordable and marketed to private / home use from 1975, but many buyers got a kit, to be hand-soldered and assembled.

3. History of personal computers - Wikipedia

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   The history of the personal computer as a mass-market consumer electronic device began with the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s. A personal computer is one intended for interactive individual use, as opposed to a mainframe computer where the end user's requests are filtered through operating staff, or a time-sharing system in which one large processor is shared by many individuals.

4. List of home computers - Wikipedia

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   Homebuilt computer. List of home computers by video hardware classified by video interface. List of computers running CP/M contains a list of personal computers running CP/M. These were usually intended for small office use. List of Soviet computer systems includes many "home" systems as well as office and "big iron" systems.

5. Personal computer - Wikipedia

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   Personal computer. An artist's depiction of a 2000s-era desktop-style personal computer, which includes a metal case with the computing components, a display monitor and a keyboard (mouse not shown) A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use. [1]

6. User (computing) - Wikipedia

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   t. e. A user is a person who utilizes a computer or network service. A user often has a user account and is identified to the system by a username (or user name ). [a] Some software products provide services to other systems and have no direct end users .

7. Home directory - Wikipedia

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   A home directory is a file system directory on a multi-user operating system containing files for a given user of the system. The specifics of the home directory (such as its name and location) are defined by the operating system involved; for example, Linux / BSD systems use /home/ username or /usr/home/ username and Windows systems since Windows Vista use \Users\ username .