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notebook

noun

  1. a book in which notes or memoranda are written
  2. style of laptop computer for which the physical footprint is approximately the size of a paper notebook
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊtˌbʊk/ / /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/

noun

Etymology: From note + book.

  1. A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written.

    Near-synonyms: notepad, rough book, writing pad, logbook, journal

    For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.

  2. A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

    We have found the use of Jupyter notebooks to be a convenient way of sharing work and code in a compact and reproducible manner. Jupyter notebooks are easy to update and adapt over time compared to a static CD-ROM.

  3. Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”).

    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.