CompUSA
Defunct tech store
CompUSA was a chain of retail electronics and computer stores that operated primarily in the United States from 1984 until its decline in the late 2000s.
The stores sold computers, software, and accessories, and offered technical services.
The name combined "computer" with "USA." Once a major destination for tech purchases, CompUSA became largely obsolete as online retailers dominated the market.
Legal status when insolvent
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- downsizingReducing workforce or scale
consolidation · competition · e-commerce · online retail · Amazon · obsolete · defunct · closure
Physically present business
- superstoreVery large retail outlet
- big-boxLarge-format retail chain
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
- checkoutPayment completion process
inventory · sales · cashier · customer · aisle · shopping · discount · merchandise
Personal computing devices, abbreviated
- desktopsStationary personal computers
- laptopsMobile personal computers
- monitorsTracks or displays
- printersDocument output devices
scanners · keyboards · mice · software · peripherals · components · motherboards · processors
Final twentieth-century decade
- dot-comWeb-based commercial enterprise
- Windows 951995 PC platform
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
- CD-ROMOptical storage medium
floppy disk · beige box · Gateway · Circuit City · Best Buy · multimedia · Y2K
bankruptcy
Legal status when insolvent
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
downsizing · consolidation · competition · e-commerce · online retail · Amazon · obsolete · defunct · closure · layoffs
brick-and-mortar
Physically present business
- superstoreVery large retail outlet
- big-boxLarge-format retail chain
- storefrontRetail facade facing street
checkout · inventory · sales · cashier · customer · aisle · shopping · discount · merchandise · purchase
PCs
Personal computing devices, abbreviated
printers · scanners · keyboards · mice · software · peripherals · components · motherboards · processors · RAM
1990s
Final twentieth-century decade
- dot-comWeb-based commercial enterprise
- Windows 951995 PC platform
- dial-upPhone-line internet connection
CD-ROM · floppy disk · beige box · Gateway · Circuit City · Best Buy · multimedia · Y2K
CompUSAAmazon
Greek warrior women
Newegg · e-commerce · direct-to-consumer · online retail · mail order
CompUSABest Buy
Major electronics chain
Amazon · Apple Store · Costco · Walmart · department store
- computer mouseHandheld screen navigation tool
- computer virusSelf-copying malicious program
- computer programInstructions a machine executes
- personal computerIndividual-use computing machine
- computer gameInteractive digital entertainment
- computer chipMiniaturized electronic processor
computer, compute, computed, computing, computation, computational, computationally