laptop
noun
- personal computer for mobile use
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈlæp.tɒp/ / /ˈlæp.tɑp/
adj
Etymology: From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop.
- Designed for use on a lap.
“At NCC, however, laptop portables such as the Gavilan were stealing the show, and when Miyashita returned to japan, his list of possible projects included a proposal for a portable computer.”
“Otherwise, the keyboard feel and layout are good for a laptop machine but, as with most portables, I wouldn’t want to use the T1000 to write the entire great American novel—just a chapter or two at a time.”
noun
Etymology: From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop.
- A laptop computer.
“He was playing a video game on his laptop.”
“Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.”
verb
Etymology: From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop.
- To use a laptop computer.