pocket calculator

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pocket calculator
    n 1: a calculator small enough to hold in the hand or carry in a
         pocket [syn: {hand calculator}, {pocket calculator}]

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

pocket calculator

   <computer> A small battery-powered digital electronic device
   for performing simple arithmetic operations on data input on a
   keypad and outputting the result (usually a single number) to
   a simple {LCD} or other display.

   The most sophisticated programmable calculators are really
   {pocket computers} which are limited to handling numerical
   data only.

   (1996-12-23)