PC

PC

1. (metrology) Symbol for petacoulomb, an SI unit of electric charge equal to 10¹⁵ coulombs.

PC

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1974 to 1986.

   Synonym: PCI (alpha-3)

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiː ˈsiː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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PC (comparative more PC, superlative most PC)

1. Initialism of partially continuous.
2. Initialism of politically correct.
3. Initialism of pro-choice.
4. Initialism of Progressive Conservative.

• (antonym(s) of “politically correct”): non-PC, un-PC

• (politically correct): PCness

PC (countable and uncountable, plural PCs)

2. 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.
      • 1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, numbers 27-39, page 28:

        “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]. […]

      • 2006, Sonia Weiss, Streetwise Selling On Ebay, →ISBN, page 89:

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

      • 2010, Ann Raimes, Maria Jerskey, Keys for Writers, →ISBN, page 297:

        Versions of Word for PC and Mac

        It 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.

      • 2013 April 29, Steve Kovach, “Is the PC dead?”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

        There’s a devastating narrative being told about the PC these days: It’s dying.
        It’s not a slow death either. Sales of traditional PCs are collapsing faster than anyone expected.

      • 2023 March 7, Joel Loynds, “Best RAM for gaming in 2023: DDR4, DDR5 & more”, in Dexerto‎^[2]:

        Looking for the best RAM for your PC in 2023 has gotten a little bit more complicated than before. With the advent of DDR5, you can now choose between a newer standard, and an older one. DDR4 has a differently keyed connector, and you’re also going to have to check that the RAM is compatible with your CPU in the first place. So, what should you buy?

3. Initialism of parsec.
4. Initialism of photocopy.
5. (medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.
6. (gaming) Initialism of player character.

   Antonym: NPC

7. (law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
8. Initialism of political correctness.
9. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycarbonate.
10. (anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.
11. Initialism of privy council.
12. Initialism of privy councillor and postnominal.
13. Initialism of press conference.
14. (US) Initialism of probable cause.
15. (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.
16. Initialism of Probate Court.
17. (film) Initialism of Production Code.
18. Initialism of professional corporation.
19. (computing) Initialism of program counter.
20. Initialism of progressive contextualization.
21. (Canadian politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative.
22. (Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada. [since 2003]
23. Initialism of protective custody.
    • 1987 April 4, Greg Thomas, “life-threatening”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

      The prison likes to force people out of PC by threatening them with disciplinary reports and taking away our property; also being made to sleep on a concrete slab with a blast of cold air constantly blowing into the cell.

24. Initialism of private chat.
25. Initialism of patrol craft.
26. (anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
27. (bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
28. (gambling) Abbreviation of percentage.
    • 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's guide to casino gambling, page 321:

      The honest casino operator obtains it either by levying a direct charge or by extracting a favorable P.C. (percentage) […]

    • 1997, Benny J. Berry, Gambling's Greatest Secrets Revealed:

      […] but in the long run, the casino's PC (percentage) for casino games will erode your bankroll.

29. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.
30. Initialism of personnel carrier.

• 2005, Lance Parkin, The Gallifrey Chronicles, page 79:

  ‘I talked them out of that, and now one of their PCs is letting me borrow their PC. Very PC of him, I thought,’ the Doctor explained.

  The three uses in this quotation mean police constable, personal computer, and politically correct, respectively.

• (personal computer): PC-compatible
• (police constable): WPC

• (organic chemistry) Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.

PC

1. Initialism of Proto-Celtic.
2. Initialism of Penn Central.
3. (US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
4. Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
5. (UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru.
6. (US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
7. (Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
8. (Canada, politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party.
9. (Philippines, law enforcement, historical) Initialism of Philippine Constabulary.

PC (third-person singular simple present PCs, present participle PCing, simple past and past participle PCed)

1. (sometimes with up) To make politically correct.
   • 1991 December, Renée Gearhart Levy, “PC’ed Out,” Syracuse University Magazine, quoted in Steven Mailloux, Reception Histories, Cornell University Press (1998), →ISBN, page 169.
   • a. 2005, John Donoghue, Shakespeare My Butt, Second edition, Troubador Publishing Ltd, published 2005, →ISBN, page 193:

     However, the process of ‘PC’ing’ cheese on toast was too much for me.

   • 2005, Matthew Coker, Explanations 2005, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 272:

     Becoming up in arms against the ACLU and others who are PCing Christmas really will amount to nothing in the end.

   • 2008, Giz, Ménage à 3‎^[3]:

     Zii: Weren’t they purple, though?
     Gary: That was the cartoon. Hanna-Barbera PCed it up for Amer…

• (policing): supt., DCI, DI, DS, DC
• (computing): Mac, desktop computer, home computer, personal workstation, microcomputer
• (Canadian politics): CPC, RCAP/CA, LPC, NDP, CCF, BQ

• C/P, CP, Cp., cp, cp.

PC m (plural PCs)

1. PC (personal computer)

• IPA^(key): /pe.se/

• Audio:

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PC f

1. (journalism, in Canada) CP initialism of Presse canadienne (Canadian Press)
2. (education, in Tunisia) CP initialism of Physique-Chimie (Engineering stream)

(Presse canadienne):

• AFP (France)

• Presse canadienne on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Borrowed from English PC.

• IPA^(key): /peːˈtseː/

• Audio:

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PC m (strong, genitive PCs or PC, plural PCs or PC)

1. PC (personal computer)

• “PC” in Duden online
• “PC” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): ^**/pitˈt͡ʃi/^*
• IPA^(key): (careful style) /piˈsi/^**
• Rhymes: -i

PC m

1. initialism of personal computer

Orthographic borrowing from English PC.

• IPA^(key): /pɛˈt͡sɛ/, /piˈsi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛ, -i
• Syllabification: P‧C

PC m inan (indeclinable)

1. (computing) PC, personal computer (small computer, built around a microprocessor, for use by one person at a time)

   Synonyms: komputer osobisty, pecet

• PC in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• PC in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• PC in PWN's encyclopedia

• Rhymes: -e

Unadapted borrowing from English PC.

PC m (plural PCs)

1. PC (personal computer)

   Synonym: computador

PC m

1. initialism of Paulo César, a male given name.