Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A portable computer with a display screen hinged to a keyboard, small enough to use on one's lap.
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- noun computing A
laptop computer .
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- noun a portable computer small enough to use in your lap
Etymologies
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Examples
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I can see my laptop in network places under workgroup (on my desktop computer) but cant access it. i get this message \\laptop is not accessible you might not have permission to use this network resource.
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Laptop v's notebookmost factors monitor to their hungry spilled water on my laptop as a �laptop ', eco this is again technically the top decision in a currency of cases.
Wii-volution 2010
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Note: The term laptop is used interchangeable with notebook/subnotebooks.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Since you place the computer on top of your lap, the term laptop has been coined.
videosaver.net videosaver 2010
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Since you place the computer on top of your lap, the term laptop has been coined.
videosaver.net videosaver 2010
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Since you place the computer on top of your lap, the term laptop has been coined.
videosaver.net videosaver 2010
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Since you place the computer on top of your lap, the term laptop has been coined.
videosaver.net videosaver 2010
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I use the term laptop merely in the nostalgic sense.
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Netbook is the term laptop manufacturers use to describe low-cost and low-spec systems that are ideal for surfing the web on-the-go.
PC Advisor News 2009
Elke commented on the word laptop
In our family we have "verbed" the word "laptop, e.g. : "Stop laptopping! Dinner's ready!" or "I'ts my turn to laptop."
January 12, 2015