personal digital assistant

2 definitions found

personal digital assistant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  personal digital assistant
      n 1: a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a
           hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can
           serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or
           an alarm clock etc. [syn: personal digital assistant,
           PDA, personal organizer, personal organiser,
           organizer, organiser]

personal digital assistant - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Personal Digital Assistant
  PDA
  
     <computer> (PDA) A small hand-held computer typically
     providing calendar, contacts, and note-taking applications but
     may include other applications, for example a web browser
     and media player.  Small keyboards and pen-based input
     systems are most commonly used for user input.
  
     The Apple Newton was a fairly early example.
  
     [First?  Notable examples?  Current Best?]
  
     (2002-09-03)