wearable computer

American  

[wair-uh-buhl kuhm-pyoo-ter] / ˈwɛər ə bəl kəmˈpyu tər /

noun

Digital Technology.

1. a small computer that is worn or carried on the body; a wearable computing device.

   a wrist-worn wearable computer.

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Other Word Forms

• wearable computing noun

Etymology

Origin of wearable computer

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

The $3,500 wearable computer, which was released Friday, uses cameras so you can see the outside world while juggling apps and videos.

From New York Times

The wearable computer, originally released in 2015, still accounts for a tiny sliver of the company’s revenue.

From New York Times

If ever a company could surmount the precedent of Google Glass and even Oculus to make a wearable computer that didn’t look like a computer, it would be the company that had done it with laptops, music, earphones and, above all, the smartphone.

From New York Times

There’s the RealityOS name spotted in a trademark filing for “wearable computer hardware,” which is presumably the operating system that the headset will use.

From The Verge

Snap first filed a trademark application for Spectacles in September 2016, “for use in connection with wearable computer hardware” and other related uses “among consumer electronics devices and displays.”

From The Verge