LAPTOP
\lˈaptɒp], \lˈaptɒp], \l_ˈa_p_t_ɒ_p]\
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Mobile, portable, compact personal computer; the primary attraction over desktops. Contrast to a desktop computer. Screen exist in the cover and can be lowered to close the laptop for easy transportation. Typically more expensive than desktops, lacking durability and duration as a desktop. Able to run the laptop using an internal battery or an outside power adaptor. Since their introduction in 1979, laptops have gotten lighter, thinner, and smaller.
By Henry Campbell Black
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