handheld computers
Portable digital assistants
Handheld computers are portable computing devices small enough to hold and operate in one hand.
The term emerged in the 1990s for devices like PDAs and palm pilots—predecessors to smartphones.
Today it sometimes distinguishes devices like gaming handhelds or industrial scanners from phones: The warehouse workers use handheld computers for inventory.
- processorsData-handling circuits
- smartphonesHandheld touchscreen computers
- PalmPilotEarly handheld digital organizer
- tabletsFlat portable computing devices
- Wi-FiWireless network standard
PDAs · touchscreens · touch screen · communication · sensors · wearable devices · screen time · on the go · operating systems · gaming · mobile gaming · Bluetooth · batteries · e-readers · cameras · microphones · barcode scanners · RAM
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Stationary personal computing machines
workstations · supercomputers · server racks · home computers · minicomputers
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