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2. Portable desk - Wikipedia

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   The lap desk appeared sometime in the 17th century and became a stylish accessory for travelling gentlemen. Like the Bible box, the lap desk was usually small enough to be carried on a horse or by a gentleman's butler or valet. From the 18th century onward, however, it grew in size and became too heavy to be used comfortably on a lap.

3. List of desk forms and types - Wikipedia

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   Bureau plat, see Writing table; Butler's desk; Campaign desk; Carlton house desk; Carrel desk; Cheveret desk; Computer desk; Credenza desk; Cubicle desk; Cylinder desk; Davenport desk; Desk and bench; Desk on a chest; Desk on a frame; Drawing table; Ergonomic desk; Escritoire; Fall-front desk; Field desk; Fire screen desk; Games table desk; Lap ...

4. Hutch (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   A modern hutch usually comprises a set of shelves or cabinets placed on top of a lower unit with a counter and either drawers or cabinets. Hutches are often seen in the form of desks, dining room, or kitchen furniture. It is frequently referred to by furniture aficionados as a hutch dresser.

5. Lap desk - Wikipedia

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   An antique lap desk. As an antique the lap desk is a smaller variant of the writing slope. It is also called a writing box or a writing cabinet. In certain instances it is known as a portable desk, a term which is usually applied to larger forms. Most antique lap desks are meant to be used on a table or some other stable surface.

6. Notebook (laptop) - Wikipedia

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   A notebook computer or notebook is, historically, a laptop whose length and width approximate that of letter paper (8.5 by 11 inches or 220 by 280 millimetres). [a] The term notebook was coined to describe slab-like portable computers that had a letter-paper footprint, such as Epson's HX-20 and Tandy's TRS-80 Model 100 of the early 1980s.

7. Portable computer - Wikipedia

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   The Compaq Portable, one of the first IBM PC compatible systems A military-type mobile computer housed in a reinforced case A portable computer with three LCD screens A portable computer with one 20.1-inch LCD screen, EATX motherboard The MIT Suitcase Computer, MIT Digital Systems Laboratory, 1975