tablet computer

English

A user interacting with a tablet computer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

tablet computer (plural tablet computers)

1. (computing) A hand-held portable computer characterized by a tablet form factor and a touchscreen interface.

Synonyms

• tablet
• tablet notebook, tablet notebook computer
• notebook tablet, notebook tablet computer

Derived terms

• tablet subnotebook, tablet subnotebook computer
• subnotebook tablet, subnotebook tablet computer

Translations

a type of computer

• Afrikaans: tabletrekenaar
• Arabic: حَاسُوب لَوْحِيّ m (ḥāsūb lawḥiyy)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܫܘܼܒ݂ܵܐ ܠܘܼܚܵܝܵܐ m (ḥašūḇā luḥḥāyā)
• Bulgarian: табле́т m (tablét)
• Catalan: tauleta tàctil f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 平板電腦／平板电脑 (ping⁴ baan² din⁶ nou⁵)

  Mandarin: 平板電腦／平板电脑 (zh) (píngbǎn diànnǎo), 平板 (zh) (píngbǎn)

• Danish: tabletcomputer c, tablet (da) c, tablet-pc c, tavlecomputer c,tavle-pc c
• Dutch: tablet (nl) m
• Esperanto: tabulkomputilo
• Faroese: teldil m
• Finnish: tabletti (fi), taulutietokone (fi)
• French: tablette tactile (fr) f, tablette numérique f, tablette (fr) f, ordinateur tablette m
• Georgian: პლანშეტი (ṗlanšeṭi), პლანშეტური კომპიუტერი (ṗlanšeṭuri ḳomṗiuṭeri), ტაბლეტი (ṭableṭi) (colloquial)
• German: Tablet-Computer m, Tablet (de) n
• Hebrew: מַחְשֵׁב לוּחַ (he) m (makhshév-lúakh)
• Hungarian: táblagép (hu), tablet (hu)
• Icelandic: spjaldtölva f
• Italian: tablet (it) m
• Japanese: タブレット (ja) (taburetto), タブレットコンピュータ (taburetto konpyūta)
• Korean: 태블릿 컴퓨터 (taebeullit keompyuteo)
• Maori: paparorohiko
• Norwegian: nettbrett (no) n
• Persian: تبلت (tablet)
• Polish: tablet (pl) m
• Portuguese: tablet (pt) m
• Romanian: tabletă (ro) f
• Russian: планше́тный компью́тер m (planšétnyj kompʹjútɛr), планше́т (ru) m (planšét), планше́тник (ru) m (planšétnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: tablaid f
• Serbo-Croatian: pločno računalo n, tablet (sh) m
• Spanish: tablet f, tableta (es) f
• Swedish: surfplatta (sv) c, pekplatta (sv), padda (sv) c, datorplatta (sv) c
• Turkish: elaltı, elaltı bilgisayar, el bilgisayarı, tablet (tr), tablet bilgisayar
• Ukrainian: планше́т (planšét), планше́тний комп'ю́тер (planšétnyj kompʺjúter), та́блет (táblet)
• Vietnamese: máy tính bảng
• Volapük: platanünöm
• Welsh: llechen f

See also

• laptop, laptop computer
• PDA, personal digital assistant
• electronic message pad
• microcomputer
• smartphone
• touchphone