[DOC] [TLE] IBM Personal Computer - Wikipedia [PAR] The IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original 
version and progenitor of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM 
model number 5150, and was introduced on August 12, 1981. ... With $150 
million in sales by 1979 and projected annual growth of more than 40% in the 
early 1980s, the... [DOC] [TLE] Aug. 12, 1981: IBM Gets Personal With 5150 PC | WIRED [PAR] Aug 12, 2011 ... 1981: IBM introduces the 5150 personal computer.
 ... For an operating system, IBM first went to Digital Research, which had developed CP/M. When Digital declined, IBM went to a small firm known for microcomputer adaptations of Basic: Microsoft.
 ... In Microsofts hands, QDOS became PC ... [DOC] [TLE] Personal Computers, Killer Applications, and SUN - A History of ... [PAR] Asked by IBM to deliver an operating system for the 8086, in 1981 Bill Gates' 
Microsoft ... The business models chosen by IBM and Microsoft would have far-
reaching consequences. ... About 1.4 million personal computers were sold in 
1981, half of them in the US. However, less than 1% of all households in the US 
had one. [DOC] [TLE] Computers | Timeline of Computer History | Computer History Museum [PAR] The US Army asked Bell Laboratories to design a machine to assist in testing its 
M-9 .... The Manchester Mark I used more than 1,300 vacuum tubes and 
occupied an area ... One of the first commercially produced computers, the 
companys first .... By the mid-1960s, nearly half of all computers in the world 
were IBM 1401s. [DOC] [TLE] Mixed record as PC turns 20 - CNET [PAR] Sep 6, 2002 ... Twenty years after its debut, the personal computer has changed life in modern ... 
The competition to make history was tough in 1981: Ronald Reagan was sworn 
... not necessarily a better one--had IBM not jumped into the PC market. ... More 
than half of all U.S. households have a PC, enabling the Internet... [DOC] [TLE] History of Broadcasting | COM 490 [PAR] Jul 5, 2014 ... 1905: In New Zealand, the postage meter is introduced. 1905: The Yellow .... 
1934: Half of the homes in the U.S. have radios. 1934: Mutual... [DOC] [TLE] Unknown - US Bureau of Labor Statistics [PAR] miles an hour and probably get a half a million miles per ... people and made up 
1.9 percent of all manufacturing employ- ment in .... more than forty fold since 
1977, according to the computer ... This is one of the primary reasons that so 
many households have ..... This is up from 9.7 percent in 1981, the year IBM 
introduced. [DOC] [TLE] THE 10 SUPER STOCKS OF 1982 - NYTimes.com [PAR] Jan 2, 1983 ... WHO would have thought 12 months ago that Chrysler, the much m aligned ... or 
Pulte Homes, a builder, would not only w eather one of the worst ... one of the top 
performers in over-the-counter trading in 1981, would ... of the performance 
charts for stocks with more than $50 million market ... U.S. Edition. [DOC] [TLE] Personal Computer Industry - Vacets... [PAR] U.S. personal computer sales grew from $3.9 billion in 1981 to $37.1 billion in 
1991. ... IBM then introduced its more powerful IBM PC AT using the 80286 chip 
in 1983. ... The trend has continued until now with smaller and smaller PCs - the 
... In September 1992, IBM brought to the market its PS/1 line aimed at homes 
and... [DOC] [TLE] a history of progress - IBM [PAR] role in enabling the U.S. government's Social Security Act of 1935, the .... sales 
representatives who have met their annual quotas, convenes ... IBM places all 
factory employees on salary, ... the organization will generate more than half of 
IBM's bottom line. .... Pedestrians walk along one of Tent City's main 
thoroughfares. [DOC] [TLE] It Was 20 Years Ago Today - tribunedigital-thecourant - Collections [PAR] Aug 16, 2001 ... That was surely the case two decades ago when the IBM personal computer

Question: IBM introduced it in 1981; now more than half of all U.S. homes have one
Answer: PC