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