PDA

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Personal Digital Assistant

• Any small hand held wireless device that provides computing and data storage abilities. Examples of PDAs include the Palm Pilot and the BlackBerry.^[1]

• A hand-held microcomputer that functions like an electronic rolodex and often connects to a larger computer for sharing or transferring information.^[2]

• A small, usually hand-held, computer which "assists" business tasks.^[3]

Footnotes

1. ^  Vinson & Elkins LLP Practice Support, EDD Glossary.
2. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
3. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.