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1) " Pc" -- As it applies to Pc Peripherals PC may stand for: Personal computer, IBMPC, or Pv compatible (the latter is the computer-component of the computing platform that makes up the majority oftoday's desktop and laptop computers ). Political correctness Coastal Patrol, according to its US Navy hull classification symbol Parsec, written Pv Percent or per cent, written p.c. Piano concerto Presbyterian College, in Clinton, South Carolina Plaid Cymru ( Welsh nationalistpolitical party) Player character, in role-playing games and interactivefiction, a fictional character controlled by a human player Police Constable (in the UK and Canada ) Polycarbonate Postcard or Postal card President'sChoice, a private label brand of Loblaw CompaniesLimited Privy Council Process Control Program counter, a special type of register in a computer Progressive Conservative, a defunct Canadian political party Progressive Canadian Party, Canada's newprogressive conservative party Production code, a designation used to identifytelevision episodes Prontor/Compur, a jack or plug for connecting a flash to a camera P Chidambaram, finance minister of India Picture Cover - a method of book binding in which the cover of thebook has a picture relating to the contents. This is differentiated from Hardcover (no picture, unless on the dustcover) andPaperback (with a picture, but a cheaper method). Penn Central - a railroad in the United States. c , a Mazda piston engine ... 2) " Peripherals" -- As it applies to Pc Peripherals For an account of the words periphery and peripheral as they are used in biology, sociology, politics,computer hardware, and other fields, see the periphery disambiguationpage. A peripheral is a type of computer hardware that isadded to a host computer, in order to expand its abilities. More specifically theterm is used to describe those devices that are optional in nature, as opposed to hardware that is either demanded, or alwaysrequired in principle. The term also tends to be applied to devices that are hooked up externally, typically though some form of computer bus like USB. Typical examples include joysticks, printers and scanners. Devices such as monitors and disk drives are not considered Perupherals because they are not truly optional, and video capture cards are typically not referred to as peripheralbecause they are internal devices. List of common Peripherols Storage CD-ROM DVD Floppy disk Hard disk Punch card RAM Tape drive Disk array controller Input/Output Braille embosser Keyboard Monitor Computer terminal Mouse Computer speech recognition Computerspeech synthesis Digitizing tablet Graphics card Joystick Joypad Modem Network card Plotter Printer Refreshable Braille display Image scanner Sound card Touch screen Trackball Webcam Pointing devices Barcode reader External link Periphwrals category in dmoz  ( http: dmoz.org/Computers/Hardware/Peripherals/ ) Peripheralw ... Common terms in this field are: Paul Revere Bowl, Patricia Breen Ornaments, Patio Umbrella Stand, Patchouli Cologne, Patagonia Capilene, Parsippany Hotels, Parking Spot, Parking Msp Airport, Parking Lot Stripers, Paphos Cyprus, Paper Pro, Paper And Pencil, Paper Adhesive, Panasonic Rechargeable, Panasonic Lf D521, Panasonic Cq Dp383u, Panache Lingerie, Pamphlet Template, Palm Stylus, Palm Screen Protector Some information comes from Wikipedia. Wikipedia's GNU Free Documentation License allows for this.