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📆 October 15, 2023 | ⏱️ 1 minute read | 🏷️ computing

Don't Say PC When You Mean Windows

"PC" stands for "personal computer". Windows is one of a countless number of operating systems that can run on PCs.

Occasionally the terms "PC" and "Windows" are used interchangeably. I ask people not to do this because:

• It may confuse laypeople
• It may confer a sense of primacy to Windows and secondariness to other operating systems

If you catch someone using these terms interchangeably, please explain why they should not do this.


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