{"id":58148,"date":"2024-04-16T01:14:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=58148"},"modified":"2024-04-16T01:14:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T01:14:24","slug":"in-which-year-was-the-pc-voted-the-machine-of-the-years-by-the-american-time-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/in-which-year-was-the-pc-voted-the-machine-of-the-years-by-the-american-time-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"In which year was the PC voted &#8216;The Machine of the Year&#8217;s by the American Time magazine?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a97de192cd9d\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    1970                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    1975                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    1983                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    1987 E. 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This was a significant year in the history of the PC, as it marked the release of the IBM PC, which became the standard for personal computers in the 1980s and 1990s. The IBM PC was followed by a number of other successful personal computers, including the Apple Macintosh and the Commodore 64. 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