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

  • noun A portable computer that is smaller than a notebook computer.

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  • noun computing A small, lightweight laptop computer, smaller than a notebook computer.

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Examples

  • Today at Boing Boing Gadgets, we helped Carnegie Mellon University make AI smarter by playing casual games; saw Intel announce and unannounce an Atom-based iphone; confused Shoryuken for Schubert; and found that MSI's Wind subnotebook is as good as the Eee PC.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • It's Apple's entry into the lightweight portable computer market known as the subnotebook, often used by business travelers and popularized by companies such as Toshiba and Sony.

    Macworld Peter Cohen, Dan Frakes, Jonathan Seff, Dan Miller 2009

  • That applies even in the price-sensitive entry-level subnotebook market, as IDC analyst Felipe Rego explained to the paper:

    Discount Notebook Prices Could Rise Before Christmas | Lifehacker Australia 2008

  • And there was much exasperation from Beschizza as he fired off a polite British philippic at a gadget industry that can't seem to tell the difference between a UMPC and a subnotebook.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • The Kindle is a more natural form factor for these tasks (reading books, websites, and email) than a subnotebook, and I believe Kindle-like products will dominate this category in a few years. —

    Mini-Laptops Fuel PC Sales Growth - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • HP's competitor to the MacBook Air isn't lighter, thinner or more attractive than Apple's subnotebook.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2009

  • The thing that I took away from that article, other than increased hope for the long overdue subnotebook from Apple is this:

    MacBook Mini : #comments 2007

  • Despite their protestations of revolutionary design, the Foleo looks just like another subnotebook.

    More Foleo thoughts : #comments 2007

  • Dubbed the Pavilion DV2, HP's 12. 1-inch subnotebook weighs 3.8 pounds and measures 1.3 inches thick.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2009

  • Granted, Apple's subnotebook has the DV2 beat in every way.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2009

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