By contrast, a typical computer in power-saving mode draws about five watts.

But that was 28 years ago, when the typical computer was closer in size to an icebox than a breadbox.

That covers the major elements that are inside a typical computer.

No other file on a typical computer would have that string in its name.

In a typical computer there will only be a single memory controller with only one or two channels.

However, anyone can do this using a standard record player with a suitable pickup, a phono-preamp (pre-amplifier) and a typical personal computer.

A typical personal computer is a dumb machine that shares only one of humanity's five senses: touch.

The algorithm is constructed so that the delay introduced is acceptable to most users, say one second on a typical personal computer.

Blue Gene is not a typical parallel computer.

What will a typical personal computer be like when you are 45?