personal digital assistant

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personal digital assistant

noun personal digital assistants

  1. dated A hand-held computer, mostly used as an organizer. 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."

    Similar: palmtop

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noun hand-held electronic organizer

日本語携帯情報端末 keitai jōhō tanmatsu
中文個人數碼助理 /个人数码助理 gèrén shùmǎ zhùlǐ, 個人數位助理 /个人数位助理 gèrén shùwèi zhùlǐ
PortuguêsPDA
Françaisassistant numérique personnel
DeutschPersonal Digital Assistant
РусскийКПК KPK, карма́нный персона́льный компью́тер karmánnyj personálʹnyj kompʹjútɛr

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@misc{personal_digital_assistant_2026,
  title = {personal digital assistant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/personal%20digital%20assistant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}