Datapad

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small handheld device used to gather, send, or process data.

    "She produced a small datapad, tapped out a rapid sequence on the keys, and shoved it in front of Ma'adrys. “Does it look like this?” Ma'adrys drew back from the datapad until Geordi leaned over her shoulder to whisper a few words of reassurance"

  2. 2
    A tablet computer, a personal mobile device

Synonyms

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ipadpadpaddslatetablet

Example

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"She produced a small datapad, tapped out a rapid sequence on the keys, and shoved it in front of Ma'adrys. “Does it look like this?” Ma'adrys drew back from the datapad until Geordi leaned over her shoulder to whisper a few words of reassurance"

Etymology

From data + pad.

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