IBM compatible
A computer which can use hardware and software
designed for the {IBM PC} (or, less often, IBM {mainframes}).
This was once a key phrase in marketing a new PC {clone} but
now in 1998 is rarely used, the non-IBM {wintel} {personal
computer} manufacturers such as {Compaq}, {Dell} and {Gateway
2000} and OS vendor {Microsoft} having taken control of the
market, marginalising IBM.
(1998-07-30)