PC
Personal computer
Example
Related Slang
| comp | Computer |
| PEBKAC | Problem exists between keyboard and chair |
| PEBCAC | Problem exists between chair and computer |
| hw | Hardware |
| OEM | Original Equipment Manufacturer |
| PNP | Plug and Play |
| sysadmin | System administrator |
| RTFM | Read the flippin' manual |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| dc | Disconnect |
| BFU | Bezny Franta uzivatel |
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Player character
In role-playing games (RPGs) and video games, PCs are the characters that the games' players control. For example, in Dungeons & Dragons, each player creates and controls their own unique player character. These PCs interact with each other as well as the fantasy world and non-player characters (NPCs) that the game's Dungeon Master (DM) creates.
As another example, in the Pokémon series of games, players control a character who seeks to become the world's best Pokémon trainer. This largely silent character is also a PC, who interacts with numerous NPCs controlled by the game.
The term PC is most often applied to characters played in RPGs, but technically, any game character that is controlled by a player is a player character. League of Legends, Call of Duty, and Street Fighter players all might refer to the characters they control as PCs.
Example
A PC in World of Warcraft
Related Slang
| RPG | Role-playing game |
| MMORPG | Massively multiplayer online role-playing game |
| D&D | Dungeons and Dragons |
| RP | Roleplay |
| LARP | Live action role-playing |
| WoW | World of Warcraft |
| DM | Dungeon Master |
| lvl | Level |
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Politically correct
An acronym for things that are said or done that intentionally try to minimize offensiveness, but sometimes end up being kind of ridiculous--like calling a garbage man a "garbologist" or a "sanitation engineer."
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PC refers to a computer designed primarily for individual use. While the term can technically refer to many types of computers, including Macs and Linux systems, people often use PC in everyday conversation to mean a computer running Microsoft Windows, especially when distinguishing it from an Apple Mac. Because of this common usage, someone might ask whether a program works on "PC or Mac," even though a Mac is technically a personal computer too.
The modern association between PCs and Windows grew from the success of the IBM PC, introduced in 1981, which inspired many compatible computers from other manufacturers. Microsoft Windows later became the dominant operating system for these IBM-compatible PCs, strengthening the connection between the terms "PC" and "Windows computer." Today, PCs include everything from desktop computers and laptops to powerful gaming systems, and people use them for work, school, entertainment, and gaming.