PC market up 14% in Q4, says IDC.
Framingham Framingham (frā`mĭnghăm'), town (1990 pop. 64,994), Middlesex co., E Mass., on the Sudbury River between Worcester and Boston; settled 1650, inc. 1700. , MA -- The worldwide PC market grew 13.7% in the fourth
quarter, driven by smaller businesses and holiday consumer demand,
according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.
2. In keeping with: according to instructions.
3. IDC (idc.com). Shipments rose to 51.5 million units, the
seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit dou·ble-dig·it
adj.
Being between 10 and 99 percent: double-digit inflation. growth. Shipments for 2004
rose 14.7% to 177.5 million units.
IDC forecasts growth of 10% in 2005 followed by declining growth in
the single digits.
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