Words for computer: パソコン or コンピューター


What is the difference between パソコン vs コンピューター?




Generally, what Faily Feely said [in
comment](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/39837/words-for-
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is all:

> パソコン is thought to be an abbreviation for パーソナルコンピューター (personal computer).

When used as パソコン, I'd imagine a (home) desktop PC.

When used as コンピューター, its meaning is generally the same as English _computer_
, I suppose.




Generally, what Faily Feely said [in
comment](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/39837/words-for-
computer-%e3%83%91%e3%82%bd%e3%82%b3%e3%83%b3-or-%e3%82%b3%e3%83%b3%e3%83%94%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%bf%e3%83%bc#comment75500_39837)
is all:

> パソコン is thought to be an abbreviation for パーソナルコンピューター (personal computer).

When used as パソコン, I'd imagine a (home) desktop PC.

When used as コンピューター, its meaning is generally the same as English _computer_
, I suppose.

