"home computer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: home computers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} home computer (plural home computers)
  1. (computer hardware, dated) A computer intended for use in the home. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Computer hardware Translations (computer intended for use in the home): 家用電腦 (Chinese Mandarin), 家用电脑 (jiāyòng diànnǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), kotitietokone (Finnish), Heimcomputer [masculine] (German), Heimcomputer [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), Heimreekner [German-Low-German, masculine] (Low German), computador doméstico [masculine] (Portuguese), домашний компьютер (domašnij kompʹjuter) [masculine] (Russian), computadora doméstica [feminine] (Spanish), ordenador doméstico [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "computer intended for use in the home",
      "word": "家用電腦"
    },
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      "word": "домашний компьютер"
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