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netbook

[ net-book ]

noun

, Computers.
  1. a small, lightweight laptop computer used especially for internet access and email.


netbook

/ ˈnɛtˌbʊk /

noun

  1. a type of small laptop computer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of netbook1

First recorded in 2005–10; (inter)net + (note)book (in the sense “small computer”)
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Example Sentences

"The Netbook," which is now only compatible with iPhone and iPad devices, is available to download from the iTunes App store.

“They were buying Evie her first laptop; a little netbook,” Enright writes.

By all accounts, the company's first tablet PC—an answer to the netbook explosion—will be released sometime next year.

Well, unless you illegally hack it and put it on a $150 netbook, like I did last month.

Mac OS X is actually bigger than the whole hard drive on my current netbook, anyway.

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