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Pocket Calculator

Definition: Pocket Calculator

Pocket Calculator

Noun

1. A calculator small enough to hold in the hand or carry in a pocket.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definitions: Pocket Calculator

DomainDefinitions

Computing

Pocket calculator A small battery-powered digital electronic device for performing simple arithmetic operations on data input on a keypad and outputting the result (usually a single number) to a simple LCD or other display. The most sophisticated programmable calculators are really pocket computers which are limited to handling numerical data only. (1996-12-23). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Pocket Calculator

Synonym: hand calculator (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Pocket Calculator

English words defined with "pocket calculator": hand calculator. (references)
Specialty definitions using "pocket calculator": Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Pocket Calculator

DomainTitle

Books

  • Number Machines: An Introduction to the Abacus, Slide Rule and Pocket Calculator (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pocket Calculator

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

pocket calculator

14
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Modern Translations: Pocket Calculator

Language Translations for "pocket calculator"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏الة حاسبة في حجم الجييب. (various references)

   

French

  

calculette, calculatrice de poche. (various references)

   

German

  

taschenrechner. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υπολογιστήσ τσέπησ. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zsebszámológép (calculator). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ocketpay alculatorcay

   

Spanish

  

calculadora de bolsillo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fickräknare. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: Pocket Calculator


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6F 63 6B 65 74      43 61 6C 63 75 6C 61 74 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101111 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110100 00100000 01000011 01100001 01101100 01100011 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#111 &#99 &#107 &#101 &#116 &#32 &#67 &#97 &#108 &#99 &#117 &#108 &#97 &#116 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006F 0063 006B 0065 0074      0043 0061 006C 0063 0075 006C 0061 0074 006F 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

508169777186237677869877867868184

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Pocket Calculator"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, árabe, arabisk

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francés, fransk, franska

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzung‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, alemán, tysk

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, griego, grek

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, húngaro, ungrare

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, español, spanska språk, spansk

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning‏اللغة السويدية, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sueco, svensk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglés, engelsk
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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