Pentium is Intel’s brand name for a family of computer processors — the chip that does the thinking in a PC. In the 1990s and early 2000s, if you had a personal computer, there was a fair chance a Pentium was inside it.

Pentium is Intel's brand name for a family of computer processors — the chip that does the thinking in a PCPentium是Intel旗下一系列電腦處理器的品牌名，也就是電腦裡負責思考的那顆晶片 In the 1990s and early 2000s在1990年代到2000年代初 if you had a personal computer如果你有一台個人電腦 there was a fair chance a Pentium was inside it裡面很有可能就裝著一顆Pentium。

Older learner dictionaries still say Pentium chips are in most of the world’s PCs; though actually, that was true of that era, not of now. Intel moved on to names like Core i3, i5, and i7, and Pentium later became a cheaper line.

Older learner dictionaries still say Pentium chips are in most of the world's PCs較舊的學習型字典仍然會說，全世界大多數電腦裡裝的都是Pentium晶片 though actually, that was true of that era, not of now不過那其實是那個年代的情況，不是現在 Intel moved on to names like Core i3, i5, and i7Intel後來改用Core i3、i5、i7這些名稱 and Pentium later became a cheaper line而Pentium後來變成比較便宜的系列。

You will still see the name on old machines, in old manuals, and in jokes about “a Pentium” meaning a computer from that time. It is a trademark, so it is capitalised.

on old machines, in old manuals, and in jokes about "a Pentium" meaning a computer from that time在舊機器上、舊說明書裡，還有拿「a Pentium」開玩笑指那個年代的電腦時 You will still see the name你還是會看到這個名字。It is a trademark它是一個商標 so it is capitalised所以字首要大寫。

People used to tell the types apart by speed (a 133 MHz Pentium, a Pentium 4). It is not a general word for any processor, and it is not a word for the whole computer.

People used to tell the types apart by speed以前大家是靠速度來分不同型號 (a 133 MHz Pentium, a Pentium 4)（像133 MHz的Pentium、Pentium 4這樣）. It is not a general word for any processor它不是任何處理器的通稱 and it is not a word for the whole computer也不是指整台電腦的字。