Palmtop

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  palmtop
       
           (Or "pocket computer", "Hand-held Personal
          Computer", H/PC) A small general-purpose, programmable,
          battery-powered computer cabable of handling both numbers and
          text (in contrast to most {pocket calculators}) which can be


          operated comfortably while held in one hand.  A palmtop is
          usually loaded with an {operating system} such as {Windows
          CE}.  Data can be transferred between the palmtop and a
          desktop {PC}.
       
          A palmtop is very similar to a {Personal Digital Assistant}
          though a palmptop may have a larger keyboard and more {RAM}
          and is possibly more general purpose in concept, if not in
          practise.
       
          The {Psion Organiser} is one of the best known examples.  [Was
          it the first?]
       
          (1998-04-19)