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laptop computer Last modified: Wednesday, May 28, 2008

(n.) A small, portable computer -- small enough that it can sit on your lap. Nowadays, laptop computers are more frequently called notebook computers, though technically laptops are somewhat larger in size than notebooks in both thickness and weight.

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