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portable computerA computer that can be transported. Portable computing started in 1981, when Adam Osborne introduced his CP/M-based business computer called the Osborne I. It came bundled with a modified version of the WordStar word processor specialized for the machine's pint-sized screen. The Osborne I was soon followed by Kaypro, Hyperion, Otrona and many others. One year after the Osborne, Compaq introduced the first MS-DOS portable. See laptop computer, notebook computer and pocket computer.
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