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handheld computer

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  1. A highly mobile and compact computer, also called a PDA (personal digital assistant), originally built to function as a personal scheduling assistant. Today, handheld computers frequently provide a convenient connection to the Internet using wireless technology. They are immensely popular in parts of Europe and Asia.

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In the Optica Publishing Group journal Optics Letters, the researchers describe their new system, which consists of a watch with an imaging interface, a handheld computer and a backpack housing the laser and power supply.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024

“What the Game Boy does is it provides everyone a small, cheap, handheld computer game device … and Tetris becomes the cultural phenomenon that we know, because it’s packaged with this platform.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

Other businesses he successfully grew and sold included a software system for early handheld computer devices, called Pensoft, and online money exchange firm Dotbank.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2020

During the visits, Dr. Stone would smuggle in personal items, including razors, toiletries and a handheld computer.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2017

He’d only come up now to get a book since his grandma had forbidden handheld computer games from her house.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness

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