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What is PDA
1.
A Personal Digital Assistant is a handheld mobile device sometimes known as a Palm, can be used a phone or minicomputer. Using either a touchscreen or stylus, users enter data on office software such as address books, email, or schedule planners.
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Personal Digital Assistant, such as a Palm Pilot, that allows easy computerized, handheld access to contacts, calendars, and e-mail.
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A personal digital assistant (
PDA
), also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager.
PDA
s were discontinued in early 2010s after the widespread adoption of smartphones.
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Personal digital assistants are handheld computers that were originally designed as personal organizers but have quickly developed into full-functioning portable computers. They are characterized by a touch screen for data entry, a memory card slot, and various types of wireless connectivity for data backup and sharing.
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“Personal Digital Assistant,” a small electronic device that functions like a notepad.
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Personal digital assistant, an electronic device which can include some of the functionality of a computer, a cell phone, a music player and a camera.
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Personal digital assistants; handheld computing devices used for managing personal information and entertainment (e.g., playing games).
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personal digital assistant, in this text also “handheld device”
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Personal digital assistant. The original handheld device designed expressly for supporting personal data management on the go.
PDA
s typically have touch sensitive screens and are operated with a stylus. Recent models may also include a miniaturized Qwerty keyboard for text entry.
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10.
Personal digital assistant (a handheld computer such as a Palm Pilot or an XDA).
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Personal digital assistant.
PDA
is a handheld device that combines computing, telephone/fax, Internet, and networking features.
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The
PDA
or personal digital assistant is a type of handheld computer.
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Portable digital assistants, such as the pocket-PC, are electronic, wireless hand-held devices function as a cell phone, a computer (can access e-mail and the Internet), a camera, a digital audio recorder, and can play music.
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14.
(Personal Digital Assistant): A portable computing device for organizing personal data such as telephone numbers, appointments, and notes. It technology device is capable of transmitting and receiving data when equipped with a wireless module.
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The personal digital assistant (
PDA
) is a hand-held computing device with a number of functions including palm-top Internet access. Though commercially used as a personal assistant, it is being used by development personnel working in the field to record data electronically and often also to transmit field information electronically to a remote server.
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Personal digital Assistant also known as a handheld PC, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Most
PDA
s can access the Internet, intranets or extranets via Wi-Fi or Wireless Wide Area Networks.
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Personal Digital Assistant is a mobile device, also known as a palmtop computer. An important function of
PDA
s is synchronizing data with a computer system. Today the vast majority of all
PDA
s are smartphones.
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Personal digital assistant, a forerunner of today's Smartphones.
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PDA
is a small, relatively inexpensive, handheld device that serves as an organizer for personal information.
PDA
generally includes electronic schedule, contact list, to-do list, note taker, handwriting recognition capabilities, and other productivity tools.
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20.
Personal digital assistant, an electronic device which can include some of the functionality of a computer, a cell phone, a music player and a camera.
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21.
Personal digital assistant. A handheld computing device that is characterized by a touch screen, a memory card slot and Infrared, Wi-Fi, and/or Bluetooth for connectivity. Data can be synchronized between
PDA
s and desktop or laptop computers.
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22.
This stands for Personal Digital Assistant. A
PDA
is a small digital device that is used to store information such as phone numbers, addresses, schedules, calendars, and so forth. A
PDA
may also be referred to as a handheld device or as a Palm. The Palm Pilot was one of the original
PDA
’s and is now joined by others such as Palm Tungsten, HP IPaq, Palm Zire, and the Toshiba Pocket PC.
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This stands for Personal Digital Assistance. This is a light weight, hand held computer, having typically a touch sensitive screen rather than a keyboard. These are generally used for storing information such as addresses and schedules. Many of them include: hand writing recognition software, some support voice recognition, some have internal cell phone and modem connection to link other computer or networks.
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