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PC • abbr. ∎ Past Commander. ∎ personal computer. ∎ (also pc) politically correct; political correctness: PC language the cult of PC. ∎ Post Commander. ∎ Brit. Prince Consort. ∎ Brit. Privy Council. ∎ professional corporation.

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PC Abbrev. for personal computer, most often used to mean an IBM-compatible computer as opposed to other architectures. The abbreviation is sometimes used however to refer to any variety of personal computer, although the unabbreviated form is more common in this context.

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pc • abbr. parsec.

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pc Astronomy, symbol for parsec

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