palmtop computer

/ (ˈpɑːmˌtɒp) /

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noun

a computer that has a small screen and compressed keyboard and is small enough to be held in the hand, often used as a personal organizerOften shortened to: palmtop Compare laptop

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How to use palmtop computer in a sentence

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Just a few short years ago, I sat down at my computer, and I typed out a similar goodbye letter.
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Turn off the TV, put down your phone, and log off the computer.
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He grew up both a computer geek in the early days of video games and an avid record collector.
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Somebody else led the way to a storeroom, tossed its contents into the hall, and festooned it with used computer tape.
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The gears on the mechanical computer were really sharp and precise; they looked like you could cut yourself on them.
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I want all of you to understand that the machine you will have to take care of is not just an ordinary computer.
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Most people, if told that a man had said one thing, and that a computer had given a different answer, would rely on the computer.
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It is further distinguished by the use of the zero, which enabled the computer to dispense with the columns of the Abacus.
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