• However, IBM itself lost the main role in the market for IBM PC compatibles by 1990. A few events in retrospect are important
  • The IBM PC set a standard that many followed, and compatible machines came to dominate the personal computer market.
  • As IBM's PC became the standard, rival hardware manufacturers realized that they would have to create systems that were compatible with IBM's systems.
  • Alternatively referred to as an IBM clone, IBM compatible is a term used to describe a computer, hardware, or software that is IBM/PC compatible.
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  • Now, the question arises - what exactly defines "IBM PC compatible"? As it turned out, some clones were less compatible than others.
  • What does IBM-compatible PC actually mean? Find out inside PCMag's comprehensive tech and computer-related encyclopedia.
  • The concept of an IBM compatible PC reaches back to 1981, to a radical decision made by IBM when it introduced its first personal computer (x86-based).
  • IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Such computers used to be referred to as PC clones, or IBM clones.
  • IBM PC compatible computers are those similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, able to run the same software and support the same expansion cards as those.