IBM PC compatible

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class of personal computer computer compatibility standard

IBM PC compatible refers to a class of personal computers that are hardware- and software-compatible with the original IBM Personal Computer standard, enabling them to run the same operating systems and applications.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
IBM PC compatible computers 1
IBM PC compatible systems 1
IBM PC compatibles 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf class of personal computer ⓘ
computer compatibility standard ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IBM PC compatible ⓘ
surface form: IBM compatible

PC compatible ⓘ
associatedWith Intel processors ⓘ
surface form: Intel microprocessors

Microsoft ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft software ecosystem
basedOn IBM PC architecture ⓘ
IBM PC ⓘ
surface form: IBM Personal Computer
canRunOperatingSystem MS-DOS ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows

OS/2 ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: PC DOS

various Unix-like systems ⓘ
category personal computer platform ⓘ
competesWith Apple Macintosh computers ⓘ
Atari ST ⓘ
surface form: Atari ST computers

Amiga ⓘ
surface form: Commodore Amiga computers
dominantPlatformFrom late 1980s ⓘ
dominantPlatformIn business personal computers ⓘ
dominantPlatformThrough 1990s ⓘ
emergedAfter release of IBM PC 5150 ⓘ
enables running same applications as IBM PC ⓘ
running same operating systems as IBM PC ⓘ
evolvedInto Intel Inside ⓘ
surface form: Wintel platform
hasHardwareCompatibilityWith IBM PC ⓘ
surface form: IBM Personal Computer
hasKeyComponent BIOS compatible with IBM PC BIOS ⓘ
IBM-compatible disk formats ⓘ
IBM-compatible expansion bus ⓘ
hasSoftwareCompatibilityWith IBM PC ⓘ
surface form: IBM Personal Computer
influenced modern desktop PC design ⓘ
server hardware architecture ⓘ
introducedInPeriod early 1980s ⓘ
popularizedBy Compaq Deskpro ⓘ
Compaq Portable ⓘ
producedBy Acer ⓘ
Compaq ⓘ
Dell ⓘ
Gateway ⓘ
Hewlett-Packard ⓘ
surface form: HP

many clone manufacturers ⓘ
requiresCompatibilityWith IBM PC BIOS interfaces ⓘ
IBM PC hardware interrupts ⓘ
IBM PC memory map ⓘ
standardizedBy de facto market adoption ⓘ
usesBusArchitecture EISA ⓘ
ISA ⓘ
PCI Express ⓘ
surface form: PCI
usesCPUArchitecture x86 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

IBM PC compatible → alsoKnownAs → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM compatible
CGA → busType → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC expansion bus
IBM PC AT → category → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM personal computers
AirPods → compatibleWith → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows PCs
Commodore Amiga 500 → contemporaryWith → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC compatibles
IBM PC XT → family → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer family
Lotus 1-2-3 → platform → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
Mojang Studios → platformDevelopedFor → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC
MS-DOS → runsOn → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC compatible computers
ATA-1 → targetPlatform → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC compatible systems
Turbo Pascal → targetPlatform → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
ISA → usedIn → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
Intel Pentium → usedIn → IBM PC compatible ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM-compatible PCs