IBM PC

E5665

The IBM PC is the original 1981 personal computer model from IBM that became a de facto industry standard and helped popularize home and business computing worldwide.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf microcomputer ⓘ
personal computer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IBM PC ⓘ
surface form: IBM Personal Computer
became de facto industry standard for IBM-compatible PCs ⓘ
biosSupplier IBM ⓘ
bundledSoftware MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: IBM PC DOS 1.0
busArchitecture ISA ⓘ
busWidth 8-bit ⓘ
category first-generation IBM PC ⓘ
clockSpeed 4.77 MHz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cpu Intel 8088 ⓘ
cpuArchitecture Intel 8086 ⓘ
surface form: x86
cpuWordSize 16-bit internal, 8-bit external bus ⓘ
defaultRAM 16 KB ⓘ
expansionSlots 5 ISA slots ⓘ
formFactor desktop ⓘ
graphicsAdapter CGA ⓘ
MDA ⓘ
influenced business computing standards ⓘ
global personal computer market ⓘ
home computer adoption worldwide ⓘ
inspired IBM PC AT ⓘ
IBM PC XT ⓘ
IBM PC compatible ⓘ
PC clone ⓘ
keyboard 83-key keyboard ⓘ
manufacturer IBM ⓘ
marketedFor business computing ⓘ
home computing ⓘ
maxRAM 640 KB ⓘ
modelNumber 5150 ⓘ
notableFor establishing IBM PC compatible ecosystem ⓘ
open architecture ⓘ
use of off-the-shelf components ⓘ
operatingSystem CP/M-86 ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: PC DOS

UCSD p-System ⓘ
osSupplier Microsoft ⓘ
powerSupply 63.5 W ⓘ
primaryLanguage BASIC ⓘ
releaseDate 1981-08-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1981 ⓘ
sound PC speaker ⓘ
storageOption 5.25-inch floppy disk drive ⓘ
cassette tape interface ⓘ
successor IBM PC XT ⓘ
textMode 80x25 characters ⓘ

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

IBM → notableProduct → IBM PC ⓘ
IBM PC → alsoKnownAs → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
MS-DOS → firstReleasedFor → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
MS-DOS → runsOn → IBM PC ⓘ
Lotus 1-2-3 → platform → IBM PC ⓘ
UCSD p-System → platform → IBM PC ⓘ
MDA → introducedFor → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
MDA → compatibleWith → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC 5150
CGA → introducedWith → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
CGA → designedFor → IBM PC ⓘ
CGA → targetPlatform → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC Model 5150
ISA → usedIn → IBM PC ⓘ
Intel 8088 → usedIn → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer (IBM 5150)
CP/M-86 → platform → IBM PC ⓘ
IBM PC XT → predecessor → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
IBM PC XT → predecessor → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC 5150
LucasArts → distributionPlatform → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC
AlphaStar → platform → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: PC
IBM PC compatible → basedOn → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
IBM PC compatible → hasHardwareCompatibilityWith → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
IBM PC compatible → hasSoftwareCompatibilityWith → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
Lenovo → acquired → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM personal computer business
Apple II → influenced → IBM PC ⓘ
VisiCalc → platform → IBM PC ⓘ
UCSD Pascal → usedOn → IBM PC ⓘ
IBM 5151 → introducedForProduct → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
IBM 5151 → introducedForModel → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM 5150
IBM Color/Graphics Monitor Adapter → introducedWith → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
Industry Standard Architecture → predecessor → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM PC bus
Concurrent DOS → runsOn → IBM PC ⓘ
IBM 5160 → series → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
IBM 5160 → predecessor → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM 5150
ROM BIOS → developedFor → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer
ROM BIOS → introducedWith → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer Model 5150
DR-DOS → targetHardware → IBM PC ⓘ
EGA → platform → IBM PC ⓘ
subject surface form: Enhanced Graphics Adapter
IBM Personal System/2 line → predecessor → IBM PC ⓘ
this entity surface form: IBM Personal Computer line
Tetris → platform → IBM PC ⓘ