pc
IPA: pˈisˈi
Root Word: PC
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.
- (Canadian politics, by extension) A member of the Conservative Party of Canada.
- (bingo) forty-nine (an allusion to a cartoon character, Police Constable 49)
- Initialism of personal computer. [(dated) A small computer, built around a microprocessor, for use by one person at a time.]
- Initialism of parsec.
- Initialism of photocopy. [A copy made using a photocopier.]
- (medicine) Initialism of presenting complaint.
- (gaming) Initialism of player character. [(roleplaying games, video games) A character in a role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player.]
- (law enforcement) Initialism of police constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- 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.]
- (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]
- (anatomy) Initialism of posterior commissure.
- Initialism of privy council. [A body of advisers to a sovereign, functioning much as a cabinet.]
- Initialism of privy councillor. and postnominal.
- Initialism of press conference. [A question-and-answer session with members of television, print and other media.]
- (US) Initialism of probable cause. [(US, law) The standard by which a police officer may make an arrest or conduct a personal or property search, based on the likelihood of a criminal act etc.]
- (UK, law enforcement) Initialism of previous conviction.
- Initialism of Probate Court.
- (film) Initialism of Production Code.
- Initialism of Professional Corporation.
- (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.]
- Initialism of progressive contextualization.
- (Canadian politics, dated) Initialism of Progressive Conservative. [(Canada, politics) A member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.]
- 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.]
- Initialism of private chat.
- Initialism of patrol craft.
- (anatomy) Initialism of pubococcygeus muscle.
- (gambling) Abbreviation of percentage. [The amount, number or rate of something, regarded as part of a total of 100; a part of a whole.]
- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of propylene carbonate.
- Initialism of personnel carrier.
- Initialism of Proto-Celtic. [The putative ancestor of all the known Celtic languages.]
- Initialism of Penn Central.
- (US, navy) Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
- Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Plaid Cymru. [A Welsh political party, committed to Welsh independence from the UK]
- (US) Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
- (Canada, politics) Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
- (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.]
- Abbreviation of piece. [A part of a larger whole, usually in such a form that it is able to be separated from other parts.]
- Abbreviation of postcard. [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.]
- Abbreviation of percent. [A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).]
verb
- (sometimes with up) To make politically correct.
adjective
- Initialism of partially continuous.
- Initialism of politically correct. [(politics) Possessing or conforming to the correct political positions; following the official policies of the government or a political party.]
- Initialism of pro-choice. [(public policy, law, ethics) Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion.]
- Initialism of Progressive Conservative. [(Canada, politics) Pertaining to the Progressive Conservative Party.]
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Examples of "pc" in Sentences
- My old PC has gone kaput so can't do much now.
- The MPS uses that information to help authenticate the PC.
- Also, the PC didn't counterbalance the order of presentation.
- Unplug the PC and plug a lamp into the same outlet as a check.
- I continued to use PC Paintbrush because of the bug you found.
- The Intel Classmate PC is available in many parts of the world.
- It competes with the ASUS Eee PC, the OLPC XO 1 and the Classmate PC.
- Is the picture of the PC clone of the controller really needed there
- Reinstalled the game on anther PC running XP and the combination worked.
- He was the only executive from the PC industry to testify for the government.
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