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lap·top

(lăp′tŏp′)

A portable computer with a display screen hinged to a keyboard, small enough to use on one's lap.

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laptop

(ˈlæpˌtɒp) or

laptop computer

(Computer Science) a personal computer that is small and light enough to be operated on the user's lap. Compare palmtop computer

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

lap•top

(ˈlæpˌtɒp)

n.

a portable, usu. battery-powered microcomputer small enough to rest on the lap.

[1980–85]

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laptop - a portable computer small enough to use in your lap

laptop computer

portable computer - a personal computer that can easily be carried by hand

Translations

حاسوب مَحْمولكُمبِيوتَرٌ مَحْمُولٌ

laptoppřenosný počítač

bærbarlaptop

Laptop

φορητός υπολογιστής

portátil computadora portátil ordenador portátil

kannettava tietokone

ordinateur portable portable

laptopprijenosnik

laptop

portatile calcolatore laptop computer portatile elaboratore laptop laptop

ノートパソコンラップトップ

랩톱

laptopasnešiojamasis kompiuterisportatyvinis kompiuteris

portativais dators

laptopnotebook

bærbar datamaskin bærbar PC

laptop

computador portátil laptop

лэптоп ноутбук портативный компьютер

laptop

notesnik

bärbar dator

คอมพิวเตอร์พกพา

diz üstü bilgisayardizüstü bilgisayarı

máy tính xách tay

笔记本电脑

laptop

[ˈlæptɒp] N (also laptop computer) → ordenador m or (LAm) computador(a) m/f portátil

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

laptop

[ˈlæptɒp] n (also laptop computer) → ordinateur m portable, portable m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

laptop

(Comput)

n → Laptop m

attr → Laptop-; laptop PC/computer → Laptop(-PC/Computer) m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

laptop

[ˈlæpˌtɒp] n (also laptop computer) → laptop m inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

laptop

(ˈlaptop) noun

a portable computer.

laptop

→ كُمبِيوتَرٌ مَحْمُولٌ laptop bærbar Laptop φορητός υπολογιστής computadora portátil, ordenador portátil kannettava tietokone ordinateur portable laptop portatile ラップトップ 랩톱 laptop bærbar PC laptop computador portátil, laptop портативный компьютер bärbar dator คอมพิวเตอร์พกพา dizüstü bilgisayarı máy tính xách tay 笔记本电脑

Can I use my own laptop here? → ¿Puedo usar mi portátil aquí? → Kan jeg bruke egen bærbar her?

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Addressing a lap-top distribution ceremony at Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS), he said research has emerged as an integral component of modern day professional as well as other degree level educational programs.

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They looted cash, mobile-phones, a lap-top and other valuables and fled the scene.

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The 65 indecent images, which showed young boys and girls, were found by police following analysis of the lap-top which was seized from Emmett when he was arrested at his home in Edward Close, Southowram.

More time in prison for child porn addict; Offender was due out in a month

A man and a woman forced their way into a house in Poultney Road, Radford, Coventry, at 6.30pm on Monday and stole lap-top computers, a tablet computer and a mobile phone.

MOBILE APP LEADS POLICE TO SUSPECTS; Couple arrested after knifepoint robbery

MANY lap-top buying companies are offering below market value for old computers, according to a new Which?

Computer trade-ins 'not market value'

The 18-carat gold diamond ring was stolen from a house in Minny Street, Cathays, Cardiff, last month, along with a black Samsung lap-top computer and child's money box.

Police appeal after theft of ring; NEWS IN BRIEF

In the first he stole a lap-top and a mobile phone worth pounds 550.

HOME RAIDER IS JAILED FOR THREE YEARS; ADDICT STOLE GOODS WORTH THOUSANDS IN BREAK-IN SPREE

London, Nov 21 (ANI): British Government departments have been losing one lap-top or PC every week since the entire child benefit database went missing.

British government departments lose one laptop or PC every week

Their prototype is about the size of half a kitchen table--"a flying platform"--weighing 15 to 20 pounds and equipped with distance-measuring sensors, infra-red lights and cameras with video feed back to an operator who can view the images on a lap-top.

Unmanned air drone set to take off

I packed away a lap-top, squash racquet and training kit and still had room for half a dozen bottles of Pinot Grigio (how very London) - it even boasts a power point for your mobile phone.

Revved Up: TESTED Piaggio X8 125; Price from pounds 2,399 on the road

The firm also seeks to replace the magnesium sheet behind the lap-top LCD with a compound having 5 million psi modulus.