palmtop
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of palmtop
First recorded in 1985–90
Example Sentences
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He also took two torches, a lock-picking kit, a palmtop computer and the fleece.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2019
The palmtop pager serves up real-time stock and market info, plus radio, traffic and sports.
From Time Magazine Archive
January 31 On a sunny weekend day last September, John Sculley scribbled a note on the screen of his Apple Newton palmtop computer in the living room of his Greenwich, Connecticut, home.
From Time Magazine Archive
The revolution in microelectronics that gave us cellular phones and palmtop computers now allows doctors like Bayne to take their healing arts out of the hospital and onto the road.
From Time Magazine Archive
A memo pad, palmtop computer, or written notes.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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