noun
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, ↑organizer, ↑organiser
• Hypernyms: ↑electronic device
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a small file with loose sheets of paper in which you write down information, addresses, what you have arranged to do, etc; a very small computer for the same purpose
see also ↑Filofax
Useful english dictionary. 2012.