A portable computer is a computer designed to be easily moved from one place to another, as opposed to those designed to remain stationary at a single...
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IBM Portable Personal Computer 5155 model 68 is an early portable computer developed by IBM after the success of the suitcase-size Compaq Portable. It...
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The Compaq Portable is an early portable computer which was one of the first IBM PC compatible systems. It was Compaq Computer Corporation's first product...
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The Macintosh Portable is a portable computer that was designed, manufactured, and sold by Apple Computer, Inc. from September 1989 to October 1991. It...
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Laptop (redirect from Laptop computer)
A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook, is a small, portable personal computer (PC). Laptops typically have a clamshell...
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Mobile computing (redirect from Portable electronics)
completely. Other types of mobile computers have been introduced since the 1990s, including the: Portable computer Personal digital assistant, enterprise...
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Gatos Scientific Center developed a portable computer prototype called SCAMP (Special Computer APL Machine Portable) based on the IBM PALM processor with...
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The Texas Instruments Portable Professional Computer (TIPPC) is a portable version ofthe Texas Instruments Professional Computer (TIPC), both of which...
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A portable application (portable app), sometimes also called standalone software, is a computer program designed to operate without changing other files...
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The Compaq Portable III (Model 2660) is a PC/AT-compatible computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. It was advertised as being much smaller...
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The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a handheld game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on December...
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The IBM PS/2 portables are Micro Channel architecture-based, portable PS/2 computers released by IBM in 1989. The P70 model was released in Japan as PS/55...
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first computers' form factors were portable, also called "luggables", and then "lunchbox computers", and together constituted the Compaq Portable series...
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Mobile workstation (redirect from Desktop Replacement Computer)
workstation were the portable computers of the early to mid-1980s, such as the Portal R2E CCMC, the Osborne 1, Kaypro II, the Compaq Portable and the Commodore...
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The portable desk had many forms and is an ancestor of the portable computer, the modern laptop an atavistic grandchild of the 19th-century lap desk. All...
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manufacturing a portable computer, which were gaining popularity at the time. Compared to other portable computers of its time like the Compaq Portable and the...
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Notebook (laptop) (redirect from Notebook computer)
millimetres). The term notebook was coined to describe slab-like portable computers that had a letter-paper footprint, such as Epson's HX-20 and Tandy's...
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History of laptops (section Portable precursors)
small, portable laptop computers that combine the components, inputs, outputs and capabilities of a desktop computer in a small chassis. The portable microcomputer...
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IBM 5100 (category Portable computers)
IBM 5100 Portable Computer is one of the first portable computers, introduced in September 1975, six years before the IBM Personal Computer, and eight...
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The Hyperion is an early portable computer that vied with the Compaq Portable to be the first portable IBM PC compatible. It was marketed by Infotech...
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regular use at a stationary location on or near a desk (as opposed to a portable computer) due to its size and power requirements. The most common configuration...
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longer used) Gaming computer All-in-one PC Nettop (Small form factor PCs, Mini PCs) Home theater PC Keyboard computer Portable computer Thin client Internet...
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The Osborne Computer Corporation (OCC) was an American computer company and pioneering maker of portable computers. It was located in Hayward, California...
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Osborne 1 (category Osborne Computer Corporation)
Osborne 1 is the first commercially successful portable computer, released on April 3, 1981 by Osborne Computer Corporation. It weighs 24.5 lb (11.1 kg), cost...
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TRS-80 Model 100 (category Computer-related introductions in 1983)
100 is a notebook-sized portable computer introduced in April 1983. It was the first commercially successful notebook computer, as well as one of the first...
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Porting (redirect from Portability (computer science))
is changed to make them usable in different environments. Software is portable when the cost of porting it to a new platform is significantly less than...
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constitute personal computers (including desktop computers, portable computers, laptops, all-in-ones, and more), mainframe computers, minicomputers, servers...
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Kaypro (redirect from Kaypro Computer)
compete with the popular Osborne 1 portable microcomputer. Kaypro produced a line of rugged, luggable CP/M-based computers sold with an extensive software...
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PC Card (redirect from Portable Computer Card)
parallel port was commonly used for portable peripherals. The PCMCIA 1.0 card standard was published by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association...
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The Compaq Portable 486 is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1991. It was the last portable computer/"luggable" released under the...
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