Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation public display of affection
  • noun A lightweight handheld digital device for managing personal information, often capable of performing other functions such as word processing, voice recording, interacting with personal computers, and accessing the Internet.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun electronics Personal digital assistant
  • noun Property Damage Accident
  • noun Public display of affection
  • noun Pathological Demand Avoidance
  • noun computing theory pushdown automaton

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a lightweight consumer electronic device that looks like a hand-held computer but instead performs specific tasks; can serve as a diary or a personal database or a telephone or an alarm clock etc.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[p(ersonal) d(igital) a(ssistant).]

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