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名詞

P.C. (plural P.C.'s or P.C's)

1. Alternative form of PC (“personal computer”).
   • 1995 April 1, CHU Computer Systems Manager, “Computer—DOS LAN, and UNIX Support”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 49,166, Sydney, N.S.W., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 52A, column 2:

     We are seeking a mature responsible person as a permanent part time systems administrator/programmer, to manage a Lantastic network of DOS/windows, P.C’s and assist the current Computer Manager in supporting Unix applications at our Milsons Point office.

   • 1996 October 1, L. R. Shannon, “Cable, Cable, Who's Got the Cable?”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 November 2025:

     Today I will give the brand name, but it must be emphasized that there is no substantial difference between P.C.'s, assuming the specs are similar and the manufacturers or resellers are reliable and responsive.

   • 1997 September 29, John Markoff, “Microsoft vs. Netscape: The Border War Heats Up”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:

     Code-named Aurora, the program is designed as a component of Netscape's Communicator Web-browser software and is intended to offer users a smoother ride between the Internet and files stored on their own P.C.'s.

   • 2016 February 16, Karan Mahajan, “One Man’s Impossible Quest to Read—and Review—the World”, in The New Yorker‎, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 February 2016:

     [Michael A.] Orthofer built the site [Complete Review]—it took about five months; he coded it with basic HTML—on a P.C. at his home, in Manhattan, in 1999.

発音

• IPA: /ˌpiː ˈsiː/

形容詞

PC (comparative more PC, superlative most PC)

1. Initialism of politically correct.

   Antonyms: non-PC, un-PC

2. Initialism of pro-choice.
3. Initialism of Progressive Conservative.
4. (mathematics) Initialism of partially continuous.

派生語

• (politically correct): PCness, PCism, post-PC

名詞

PC (countable and uncountable, plural PCs)

1. Initialism of personal computer.
   1. 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.
      • 1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, numbers 27-39, page 28:

        “For some of the imaging we do,” says Richard Miner, research manager at the University of Lowell's Center for Productivity Enhancement, “we are using both the Amiga and the PC [with the bridge card]. […]

      • 2006, Sonia Weiss, Streetwise Selling On Ebay, →ISBN, page 89:

        In general, the prices for PC and Mac laptops can be competitive, […]

      • 2010, Ann Raimes, Maria Jerskey, Keys for Writers, →ISBN, page 297:

        Versions of Word for PC and Mac

        It is not unusual to find both Mac and PC computers in college computer laboratories, so you may need to become familiar with both Word for PCs and Word for Mac.

      • 2013 April 29, Steve Kovach, “Is the PC dead?”, in CNN Business‎:

        There’s a devastating narrative being told about the PC these days: It’s dying.
        It’s not a slow death either. Sales of traditional PCs are collapsing faster than anyone expected.

      • 2023 March 7, Joel Loynds, “Best RAM for gaming in 2023: DDR4, DDR5 & more”, in Dexerto‎:

        Looking for the best RAM for your PC in 2023 has gotten a little bit more complicated than before. With the advent of DDR5, you can now choose between a newer standard, and an older one. DDR4 has a differently keyed connector, and you’re also going to have to check that the RAM is compatible with your CPU in the first place. So, what should you buy?

2. Initialism of parsec.
3. Initialism of photocopy.
4. (medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.
5. (gaming) Initialism of player character.

   Antonym: NPC

6. Initialism of public convenience.
7. (law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
8. Initialism of political correctness.
9. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polycarbonate.
10. (anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.
11. Initialism of privy council.
12. Initialism of privy councillor and postnominal.
13. Initialism of press conference.
14. (US) Initialism of probable cause.
15. (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.
16. Initialism of Probate Court.
17. (film) Initialism of Production Code.
18. Initialism of professional corporation.
19. (computing) Initialism of program counter.
20. Initialism of progressive contextualization.
21. (Canadian politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative.
22. (Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada. [since 2003]
23. Initialism of protective custody.
    • 1987 April 4, Greg Thomas, “life-threatening”, in Gay Community News, page 6:

      The prison likes to force people out of PC by threatening them with disciplinary reports and taking away our property; also being made to sleep on a concrete slab with a blast of cold air constantly blowing into the cell.

24. Initialism of private chat.
25. Initialism of patrol craft.

    Coordinate terms: PB, PS, PV, P, PT, PG, PM

26. Initialism of patrol cutter.
27. Initialism of patrol, coastal, a coastal patrol boat.
28. (anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
29. (bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
30. (gambling) Abbreviation of percentage.
    • 1978, John Scarne, Scarne's Guide to Casino Gambling‎, page 321:

      The honest casino operator obtains it either by levying a direct charge or by extracting a favorable P.C. (percentage) on each wager.

    • 1997, Benny J. Berry, Gambling's Greatest Secrets Revealed:

      […] but in the long run, the casino's PC (percentage) for casino games will erode your bankroll.

31. (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.
32. Initialism of personnel carrier.
33. (South Korean idol fandom) Initialism of photocard.

引用

• 2005, Lance Parkin, The Gallifrey Chronicles, page 79:

  ‘I talked them out of that, and now one of their PCs is letting me borrow their PC. Very PC of him, I thought,’ the Doctor explained.

  The three uses in this quotation mean police constable, personal computer, and politically correct, respectively.

派生語

• (personal computer): PC-compatible, PC-BSD, PC clone, PC-DOS, PC shaming, post-PC
• (police constable): WPC

参照

• (organic chemistry) Bashford, David. Thermoplastics: Directory and databook; →ISBN. London: Chapman & Hall, 1997.

固有名詞

PC

1. Initialism of Proto-Celtic.
2. Initialism of Penn Central.
3. (US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
4. Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
5. (UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru.
6. (US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
7. (Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
8. (Canada, politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party.
9. (Philippines, law enforcement, historical) Initialism of Philippine Constabulary.

動詞

PC (third-person singular simple present PCs, present participle PCing, simple past and past participle PCed)

1. (sometimes with up) To make politically correct.
   • 1991 December, Renée Gearhart Levy, “PC’ed Out,” Syracuse University Magazine, quoted in Steven Mailloux, Reception Histories, Cornell University Press (1998), →ISBN, page 169.
   • a. 2005, John Donoghue, Shakespeare My Butt, Second edition, Troubador Publishing Ltd, published 2005, →ISBN, page 193:

     However, the process of ‘PC’ing’ cheese on toast was too much for me.

   • 2005, Matthew Coker, Explanations 2005, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 272:

     Becoming up in arms against the ACLU and others who are PCing Christmas really will amount to nothing in the end.

   • 2008 December 13, Giz, “Scream Queen”, in Ménage à 3‎, archived from the original on 11 June 2010:

     [Zii:] Weren’t they purple though?
     [Gary:] That was the cartoon. Hanna-Barbera PCed it up for Amer…

参考

• (policing): supt., DCI, DI, DS, DC
• (computing): Mac, desktop computer, home computer, personal workstation, microcomputer
• (Canadian politics): CPC, RCAP/CA, LPC, NDP, CCF, BQ

Further reading

• “PC”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• C/P, CP, Cp., cp, cp.