personal digital assistant

English[edit]

(dated) A hand-held electronic organizer or computer.
- [1994 September 28, Lawrence M. Fisher, “Personal Digital Assistant, Part III”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:
  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."]
- 1994 December 18, Laurie Flynn, “Sharp Unveils a New Breed of Personal Digital Assistant”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:
  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.

hand-held electronic organizer

Chinese:
Cantonese: 個人數碼助理／个人数码助理 (go³ jan⁴ sou³ maa⁵ zo⁶ lei⁵)

Hokkien: 個人數位助理／个人数位助理 (kò-jîn sò͘-ūi chō͘-lí, kò-lîn sò͘-ūi chō͘-lí)

Mandarin: 個人數碼助理／个人数码助理 (gèrén shùmǎ zhùlǐ), 個人數位助理／个人数位助理 (gèrén shùwèi zhùlǐ)
Finnish: kämmentietokone (fi)
French: assistant numérique personnel (fr) m
Georgian: პირადი ციფრული ასისტენტი (ṗiradi cipruli asisṭenṭi), პერსონალური ციფრული ასისტენტი (ṗersonaluri cipruli asisṭenṭi)
German: Personal Digital Assistant m
Icelandic: lófatölva f
Japanese: 携帯情報端末 (けいたいじょうほうたんまつ, keitai jōhō tanmatsu)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: ли́чно дигита́лно пома́гало n (líčno digitálno pomágalo)
Norman: compiuteu d'paûmé m
Portuguese: PDA m
Russian: КПК (ru) m (KPK), карма́нный персона́льный компью́тер m (karmánnyj personálʹnyj kompʹjútɛr)
Swedish: handdator (sv) c
Turkish: cep bilgisayarı, kişisel sayısal yardımcı