# Personal Computing **Domain:** Computing / Agency / Cultural History **Doc Type:** Historical Concept **Maturity:** Evolving **Related:** [[IBM]], [[Bell Labs]], [[Whole Earth Catalog]], [[Human-Machine Symbiosis]] --- ## Definition **Personal computing** is the movement of computational capability from centralized institutional systems toward devices and interfaces available to individuals. ## Corpus Context The corpus treats personal computing as both empowerment and enrollment. It extends [[Access to Tools]] and [[Cognitive Exteriorization]], while also making people continuous participants in networked sensing and platform governance. The [[Whole Earth Catalog]] lineage helped bridge counterculture and computing culture. ## Key Insight **This node connects its historical or conceptual subject to the corpus without treating analogy as proof of direct influence.** ## See Also [[IBM]], [[Bell Labs]], [[Whole Earth Catalog]], [[Human-Machine Symbiosis]] ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/Beyond the Sea|Beyond the Sea]]