Click here for details on suggesting a site. Short Fixion Personal Computers and Computing Personal computers or PCs are a mainstay in today's society. Based on a central processing unit, a PC also includes external items, including a monitor or video display, a handheld mouse device, and keyboard. More complex systems can also have extra memory capabilities. Memory size and processing speeds are the tape measure by which the worth of a computer system is measured.
Bytes hold one character of text in memory.
Kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes, and terras were given to PCs to separate them from larger mainframe, but the increasing capabilities of PCs have erased these differences. Below are links to information about personal computers and computing. Home PC Browse the magazine for personal computer users, including editorials, the best web sites, resource library, reviews, guide, and free downloads. Computer Currents Interactive Check Computer Currents Publishing Corp for an online variation of Computer Currents, with news, commentary, reviews, and resources. Boot Network Browse Imagine Publishing's online version of Boot, for computer users, including review, previews, news, downloadable tools and utilities, and more.