[W/K] :: laptop computer

  laptop computer
       n : a portable computer small enough to use in your lap [syn: laptop]

  laptop computer
       
           (Commonly just "laptop") A portable personal
          computer of a size suitable to rest comfortably on one's
          legs.  A laptop is smaller than a "{luggable" (portable, but
          not comfortably) but bigger than a "{palmtop" (easily carried
          in one hand or a shirt pocket).
       
          Toshiba were one of the first companies to produce laptops,
          in about 1989.
       
          [First example?  Date?  Difference from "notebook"?]
       
          (1994-12-21)