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post-PC

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English

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Etymology

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From post- +‎ PC.

Adjective

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post-PC (not comparable)

  1. (computing) After the decline of the personal computer in favour of mobile devices.
    • 2012 March 7, Alexis C. Madrigal, “The Single Chart That Proves Tim Cook Is Right About the Post-PC World”, in The Atlantic[1]:
      [Tim] Cook devoted the beginning of the event to talking about Apple's vision of a "post-PC" world, one in which your primary computer doesn't have a mouse or a keyboard. This chart shows the success of that vision. And this is just the beginning.
  2. (politics) After the decline of political correctness.