Laptop

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈlæp.tÉ’p/
• US IPA: /ˈlæp.tÉ‘p/

Alternative forms

• lap-top slightly dated

Origin

lap + top.

Full definition of laptop

Noun

1. (computing) A laptop computer.
• 2013-08-03, Revenge of the nerds, Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.

Synonyms

• (laptop computer) laptop computer, notebook computer

Related terms

• desktop
• palmtop