Webbook

Webbooks (a portmanteau of web and notebook computer) are a class of laptop computers such as the litl, Elonex[1] and Coxion[2] webbook computers.

The word may also refer to books that are available in HTML on the web.[3] and the NIST Chemistry WebBook, a scientific database of chemical properties maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The word may also refer to The WebBook Company of Birmingham, Michigan, which planned to deliver a Net computer based on the PSC1000 RISC processor (then and now also known as the ShBoom) designed by Charles H. Moore.[4]

U.S. Trademark 77,616,571 was filed by Robert & Colleen Kell of Austin, Texas on 18 November 2008. This move was criticized on the grounds that it was unlikely for a marketing and advertising agency to have a legitimate intent to use and invest in the term. Nevertheless, the application was deemed abandoned on Aug. 23, 2009.

See also

References
  1. Computer Buyer Product Review for Elonex webbook
  2. Coxion WebBook product page
  3. Webbook of African Language Resources
  4. CNET: "WebBook preps $700 Net device" 1996
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