Usually means: Personal computer, desktop or laptop.
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We found 67 dictionaries that define the word PC:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. pc: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. PC, pc: Merriam-Webster
  3. PC, p.c, pc: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. PC, p.c: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. p.c, pc: Collins English Dictionary
  6. PC: Vocabulary.com
  7. PC, PC, PC, Pc, pc, pC: Wordnik
  8. PC, pc: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. p.c, pc: Wiktionary
  10. p.c, pc: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. PC, pc: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pc: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. PC(USA), PC, p.c, pc: Dictionary.com
  14. P.C: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pc: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. P.C, PC(USA), PC (footballer), PC (magazine), PC, Pc: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Pc: Rhymezone
  18. P.C. (m), PC (de), PC (m), PC, PC, PC, pc: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. P.C. (Police Constable): Britih-American Dictionary
  20. P.C, PC, p.c, pc: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. P.C: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. pc: FreeDictionary.org
  23. pc: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. PC, p.c: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. p.c: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Travel Industry Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  5. PC: Accounting Glossary
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  8. P.C, PC: Legal dictionary
  9. PC (disambiguation), PC: Financial dictionary

Computing (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. PC: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. PC: Netlingo
  3. PC: CCI Computer
  4. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  5. PC: Tech Terms Computer Dictionary
  6. Webopedia (No longer online)
  7. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  8. PC (disambiguation), PC: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. PC: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. PC, p.c: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. PC (disambiguation), PC, p.c, p.c: Medical dictionary
  6. PC, p.c: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PC(USA), PC: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scientology® and Dianetics® (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. PC, pc: Extragalactic Astronomy
  2. PC: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. P.C: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. P.C, P.C, PC (Parentally Compatible), PC (phallically-challenged), PC: Urban Dictionary

Tech (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. pc: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. PC: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  4. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Agricultural Terms, Programs and Laws (No longer online)
  6. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  7. PC: Data Acquisition
  8. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

(Note: See pc's as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  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.
noun:  (Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
noun:  (bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
verb:  (sometimes with up) To make politically correct.
adjective:  Initialism of partially continuous.
adjective:  Initialism of politically correct. [(politics) Possessing or conforming to the correct political positions; following the official policies of the government or a political party.]
adjective:  Initialism of pro-choice. [(public policy, law, ethics) Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.]
adjective:  Initialism of Progressive Conservative. [(Canada, politics) Pertaining to the Progressive Conservative Party.]
noun:  Initialism of personal computer. [(dated) A small computer, built around a microprocessor, for use by one person at a time.]
noun:  Initialism of parsec.
noun:  Initialism of photocopy. [A copy made using a photocopier.]
noun:  (medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.
noun:  (gaming) Initialism of player character. [(roleplaying games, video games) A character in a role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player.]
noun:  (law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries. [(law enforcement) A law enforcement officer of the lowest rank.]
noun:  Initialism of political correctness. [(uncountable) Avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude, marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against.]
noun:  (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycarbonate. [(chemistry) Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates; they are used to make light, flexible alternatives to glass. Abbreviation: PC]
noun:  (anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.
noun:  Initialism of privy council. [A body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.]
noun:  Initialism of privy councillor. and postnominal.
noun:  Initialism of press conference. [(media) A question-and-answer session with members of television, print and other media.]
noun:  (US) Initialism of probable cause. [(US, law, uncountable) Reasonable grounds for making an arrest or conducting a personal or property search.]
noun:  (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.
noun:  Initialism of Probate Court.
noun:  (film) Initialism of Production Code.
noun:  Initialism of professional corporation.
noun:  (computing) Initialism of program counter. [(computing) A register that stores the address of the current (or next) instruction to be carried out by the processor.]
noun:  Initialism of progressive contextualization.
noun:  (Canadian politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative. [(Canada, politics) A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.]
noun:  Initialism of protective custody. [(law enforcement) Lawful confinement of a person or close supervision of his or her movements, on a voluntary or involuntary basis, by authorities in order to safeguard that person from attack or other dangers.]
noun:  Initialism of private chat.
noun:  Initialism of patrol craft.
noun:  (anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
noun:  (gambling) Abbreviation of percentage. [The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.]
noun:  (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.
noun:  Initialism of personnel carrier.
noun:  Initialism of Proto-Celtic. [The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.]
noun:  Initialism of Penn Central.
noun:  (US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
noun:  Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
noun:  (UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru. [A Welsh political party, committed to Welsh independence from the UK]
noun:  (US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
noun:  (Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
noun:  (Canada, politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party. [(Canada, politics) a political party in Canada with a right of centre ideology, which succeed the old Conservative Party of Canada, Liberal-Conservative Party of Canada, Blue Party and absorbed the Progressive Party of Canada. It was itself succeeded by the new Conservative Party of Canada.]
noun:  (Philippines, law enforcement, historical) Initialism of Philippine Constabulary.
noun:  Abbreviation of piece. [A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.]
noun:  Abbreviation of postcard. [(post) A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended to be written on and mailed without an envelope. In the case of a picture postcard, one side displays a picture or photograph.]
noun:  Abbreviation of percent. [A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).]
noun:  Abbreviation of probable cause. [(US, law, uncountable) Reasonable grounds for making an arrest or conducting a personal or property search.]

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