Personal Digital Assistant

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

personal digital assistant
    n 1: 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. [syn: {personal digital assistant},
         {PDA}, {personal organizer}, {personal organiser},
         {organizer}, {organiser}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Personal Digital Assistant
PDA

   <computer> (PDA) A small hand-held computer typically
   providing calendar, contacts, and note-taking applications but
   may include other applications, for example a {web browser}
   and {media player}.  Small keyboards and pen-based input
   systems are most commonly used for user input.

   The {Apple Newton} was a fairly early example.

   [First?  Notable examples?  Current Best?]

   (2002-09-03)