gaming computer

noun

A personal computer designed for playing video games.

Similar
gaming PCgaming rig

Meanings

noungaming computer (plural gaming computers)

plural gaming computers

  1. A personal computer designed for playing video games.

    The gaming computer in the research lab used during this study was separated from the main area with screens and resided in its own cubicle to avoid distraction.

    2017, Selen Turkay, Charles K. Kinzer, “The Relationship between Avatar-Based Customization, Player Identification, and Motivation” (chapter 3), in Brock Randall Dubbels, editor, Transforming gaming and computer simulation technologies across industries, Hershey: IGI Global, →DOI, →ISBN, Setting, page 56
    2 more examples

    “I wanted the ultimate gaming computer, something so fast I wouldn't have to worry about speed for years,” says the high-school student from Yorktown, Virginia.

    2004 June 22, William Schindler, quotee, “Gaming PC”, in Michael J. Miller, editor, PC Magazine, page 98

    Developers run algorithms in real time through equipment from VoodooPC - a designer and manufacturer of high-performance gaming computer systems acquired by HP last year[…]

    2007 June 4, Mary K. Pratt, “Seh Got Game”, in Computerworld, volume 41, number 23, page 32

    Synonyms: gaming PC, gaming rig

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA personal computer designed for playing video games.

Similar
gaming PCgaming rig

Translations

German Gamingcomputer
  • GamingcomputerPC for playing video games
Portuguese PC gamer
  • PC gamerPC for playing video games
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