<computer> A computer which can use hardware and software
designed for the IBM PC (or, less often, IBM mainframes).
This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC clone but
now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM wintel personal
computer manufacturers such as Compaq, Dell and Gateway
2000 and OS vendor Microsoft having taken control of the
market, marginalising IBM.
(1998-07-30)
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