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The component parts of a notebook computer. Although as powerful as a microcomputer, the battery pack enables the notebook to be used while travelling.

Computer that can be carried from place to place. The term embraces a number of very different computers – from those that would be carried only with some reluctance to those, such as laptop computers and notebook computers, that can be comfortably carried and used in transit.



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