Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

personal digital assistant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: per-son-al dig-i-tal as-sis-tant
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

7

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hand-held computer, mostly used as an organizer.

Dated

Example Sentences

"The device, about the size of a fat paperback book, represents the most ambitious attempt yet by computer and communications companies to pool their resources in hopes of finally creating a market for what the industry calls "personal digital assistants.""
"Already, Sharp owns at least 60 percent of the market for personal digital assistants, or P.D.A.'s, with its Wizard line, ranking far ahead of Hewlett-Packard, Casio, Apple Computer and other competitors past and present."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

personal digital assistants (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

PDA

Synonyms

palmtop pda personal organizer personal organiser organizer organiser

Questions

What does personal digital assistant mean?: A hand-held computer, mostly used as an organizer.

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