personal digital assistant en · NOUN
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(dated) A hand-held computer, mostly used as an organizer.
Already, Sharp owns at least 60 percent of the market for personal digital assistants, or P.D.A.'s, with its Wizard line, ranking far ahead of Hewlett-Packard, Casio, Apple Computer and other competitors past and present.
1994 December 18, Laurie Flynn, “Sharp Unveils a New Breed of Personal Digital Assistant”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:The device, about the size of a fat paperback book, represents the most ambitious attempt yet by computer and communications companies to pool their resources in hopes of finally creating a market for what the industry calls "personal digital assistants."
[1994 September 28, Lawrence M. Fisher, “Personal Digital Assistant, Part III”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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ru КПК (hand-held electronic organizer) · sv handdator (hand-held electronic organizer) · nan-hbl 個人數位助理 /个人数位助理 (hand-held electronic organizer) · is lófatölva (hand-held electronic organizer) · nrf compiuteu d'paûmé (hand-held electronic organizer) · mk ли́чно дигита́лно пома́гало (hand-held electronic organizer) · pl komputer podręczny (hand-held electronic organizer) · ka პირადი ციფრული ასისტენტი (hand-held electronic organizer) · yue 個人數碼助理 /个人数码助理 (hand-held electronic organizer) · fr assistant numérique personnel (hand-held electronic organizer) · pl palmtop (hand-held electronic organizer) · ja 携帯情報端末 (hand-held electronic organizer) · pt PDA (hand-held electronic organizer) · cmn 個人數位助理 /个人数位助理 (hand-held electronic organizer) · tr kişisel sayısal yardımcı (hand-held electronic organizer) · cmn 個人數碼助理 /个人数码助理 (hand-held electronic organizer) · tr cep bilgisayarı (hand-held electronic organizer) · ka პერსონალური ციფრული ასისტენტი (hand-held electronic organizer) · de Personal Digital Assistant (hand-held electronic organizer) · fi kämmentietokone (hand-held electronic organizer) · ru карма́нный персона́льный компью́тер (hand-held electronic organizer)