"PS/2" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: 2 [canonical]
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  1. (computing, historical) Initialism of Personal System/2, IBM's second generation of personal computers, released in 1987. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Alternative form of: Personal System/2, IBM's second generation of personal computers, released in 1987 Categories (topical): Computing, IBM
    Sense id: en-PS/2-en-name-arrFhiAQ Disambiguation of IBM: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (electronics, historical) Ellipsis of PS/2 port, the serial I/O interface standard created for the IBM PS/2 keyboard and mouse. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical Alternative form of: PS/2 port (extra: the serial I/O interface standard created for the IBM PS/2 keyboard and mouse) Categories (topical): Electronics, IBM
    Sense id: en-PS/2-en-name-mMQIaK1m Disambiguation of IBM: 53 47 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics

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