The PC hardware space can be as superficial or deep as you want it to be. Depending on your patience with details, you can continue to enjoy your PC without ever getting into the nitty-gritty of it.

As I wrote last year, more people are working mobile, making a smartphone and tablet the centerpiece of at least their out-of-office work lives. The analyst firms' PC definition belies the fact that a ...

A misguided reference to a PC. The term IBM compatible is more accurate, because IBM made the first PC. Even that has little meaning today, because Intel and Microsoft set the PC standards, and IBM ...

Los Angeles officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms “master” and “slave” on computer equipment, saying such terms are unacceptable and offensive. THE ...

Consumers are delaying hardware purchases because of their confusion over PC terminology, according to the results of a survey released yesterday by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD advocates a ...

PC gaming has always had its own vocabulary, a chaotic swirl of slang, technical terms, and jargon, and these days it can be more confusing than ever. Who could possibly keep up with it all? Well, I ...

A PC that is compatible with the IBM PC and PS/2 standards; essentially, every Windows PC on the market. This term is rarely heard anymore, but it was widely used in the early days when PC vendors ...