palmtop

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palmtop - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  palmtop
  Hand-held Personal Computer
  H/PC
  pocket computer
  
     <computer> (Or "pocket computer", "Hand-held Personal
     Computer", H/PC) A small general-purpose, programmable,
     battery-powered computer cabable of handling both numbers and
     text (in contrast to most pocket calculators) which can be
     operated comfortably while held in one hand.  A palmtop is
     usually loaded with an operating system such as Windows CE
     .  Data can be transferred between the palmtop and a
     desktop PC.
  
     A palmtop is very similar to a Personal Digital Assistant
     though a palmptop may have a larger keyboard and more RAM
     and is possibly more general purpose in concept, if not in
     practise.
  
     The Psion Organiser is one of the best known examples.  [Was
     it the first?]
  
     (1998-04-19)