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personal digital assistants

personal digital assistants is the plural of personal digital assistant.

Meaning of personal digital assistant

Noun

personal digital assistant (plural personal digital assistants)

  1. (dated) A hand-held computer, mostly used as an organizer.
    • The device, about the size of a fat paperback book, represents the most ambitious attempt yet by computer and communications companies to pool their resources in hopes of finally creating a market for what the industry calls "personal digital assistants."[1994 September 28, Lawrence M. Fisher, “Personal Digital Assistant, Part III”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    palmtop

Questions about personal digital assistants

What is personal digital assistants the plural of?
Personal digital assistants is the plural of personal digital assistant.

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