PCS

American  

abbreviation

1. Personal Communications Service: a system of digital wireless communications, used especially for mobile phones and often including additional features, as caller ID or paging.

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PCS British  

abbreviation

1. Public and Commercial Services Union

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Etymology

Origin of PCS

1995–2000

Example Sentences

Even though millions of PCs are purchased directly by consumers, enterprise is a higher volume driver for Intel, because companies have to buy fleets of machines for employees around the world, Altavilla explained.

From MarketWatch

For more than a decade, Micron and the other two large memory makers, Samsung and SK Hynix, have been in a very cyclical and commoditized business tied to demand for PCs and smartphones.

From Barron's

The shockwave is spreading across Asia, with Singapore's PCS -- a producer of ethylene and other petrochemicals -- announcing on March 5 that it had issued a formal force majeure notice to its customers.

From Barron's

It became one of the most used OSes of its time, bundled with IBM’s popular PCs.

From The Wall Street Journal

This opens up an opportunity for consumers to move from Android to iOS, and from Chromebooks and PCs to a Mac, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal