The phrase "appliance and computers" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to both household devices and computing devices in a general context.
Example: "The store offers a wide range of products, including kitchen appliance and computers for home office setups."
Alternatives: "devices and computers" or "gadgets and computers".
Founded in 1896 the family-owned Minster, Ohio-based firm (sales, $140 million) supplies large presses to subcontractors for the auto, appliance and computer industries.
After the 1995 "soft landing," by contrast, corporate investments in new technology and consumers' enthusiasm for new cars, appliances and computers helped job creation quickly recover.
We are experimenting with sensors to monitor electricity use in homes, buildings and data centers; the data can then be analyzed and used to control lighting, heating, cooling, appliances and computers to make them more energy-efficient.
The white, cheap-looking furniture and the functioning appliances and computers are all detail-perfect, as are the memos ("Copier is for office use ONLY!") that are taped to the dingy walls.
Toshiba was hurt by weak sales of home appliances and computers, and lost 9.3 billion yen ($87 million) in the October-December quarter, about a third more than in the 2002 period.
Analysts say a wide range of forces is undermining holiday computer sales to the consumer market: * Consumer debt levels are high and there are numerous signs that the economy is slowing, exactly the conditions to make consumers and small-business owners think twice about purchases of costly items like cars, appliances and computers.
We refer to channels of communication which link the user to various electronic appliances and computers as cognitive communication channels.
And after deferring a lot of purchases over the past year, some consumers have, to some degree, a pent-up need for clothes, appliances and computers, he figures.
Since the disposition of end-of-life home appliances has caused tremendous attention, Taiwan recently promulgated a Scrap Home Appliances and Computers Recycling Regulation that mandates manufacturers and importers to take back their products.
The foam products have contained primarily penta-BDEs; plastic casings on small appliances and computers have been primarily octa-BDEs; and television sets, electrical wiring, and backings on draperies have generally been deca-BDEs [ 1].
