Wiktionary
n. A portable computer that is small enough and light enough to be used on one's lap, but large enough to have an integrated keyboard.
WordNet
n. a portable computer small enough to use in your lap [syn: laptop]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "laptop computer".
It was controlled by a laptop computer, and it could read the genetic code of an organism very fast.
This is, he realizes, exactly how a laptop computer must feel when it drops into its power-saving mode.
Leaning forward in his chair, Levine disconnected his telephone, plugged the phone line into one end of the Black box, and inserted the slender gray cable into the back panel of his laptop computer.
He winked at her as she grabbed up the case that contained her laptop computer and the multitude of papers she had been translating.
He'd worked for the DPW for years and had only recently agreed, reluctantly, to start following the department policy of logging in from the field via a laptop computer to pick up new assignments, learn the location of trouble spots in the public works systems and report that his team had completed repairs.
I bought a laptop computer and hooked up the internet so I could research job opportunities there.
Inside were his seaman's papers, a digital camera, a pair of Razor sunglasses, and a laptop computer.
Marty had a new laptop computer, which Peter had used Marty's credit card to buy.
She was calmly working away at her laptop computer, headphones on.
But there were some differences in the instrumentation: a small laptop computer, duct-taped to a wall, English labels hand-printed and stuck over some of the Russian gear.
Built into his desk was a small but powerful communications console that was hooked up to his laptop computer.