[ 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. <noun.artifact>
The user 'writes' information into a PDA with an electronic pen, instead of a miniature keyboard. The three-way convergence is made possible, of course, by the rapid advance of technology in computing, communications and electronics.
Tandy, the US electronics group, and Casio are collaborating on a PDA. The integration of industries is not limited to such partnerships.
PDA, which also provides advanced technology products, said it expects to resume shipments of the software during its fourth quarter.
The latest earnings estimate also represents a decline from net of $210,000, or five cents a share, a year earlier, when PDA had revenue of $5 million.