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Definition of Personal digital assistant

1. Noun. A lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc..

Definition of Personal digital assistant

1. Noun. A hand-held electronic organizer or computer (abbr. ''PDA''). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Personal digital assistant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Education & Technology: Future Visions by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"personal digital assistant (PDA) Learners and teachers will have small, wireless, very powerful information appliances at their disposal and within reach of ..."

2. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"It became a new type of consumer oriented handheld computer called a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). Apple named the new product MessagePad and launched ..."

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