Tablet
A tablet may refer to any of the following:
1. A tablet is an alternative name for a graphics tablet.
2. A tablet, tablet computer, or tablet PC is a mobile computing device designed to be held in one or two hands. It is typically the size of a book (7 inches or bigger) and resemble a large smartphone. In the picture is an example of the ASUS Nexus 7 Android tablet.
Tablets let you do many of the same things as a traditional computer. They can browse the Internet, connect to social network apps, and display HD videos. They excel at applications which do not require a large amount of precise user input.
Early tablet devices used light pens or a stylus as their input device. However, today all tablets use a touchscreen as their primary input device with the option to connect external devices such as a keyboard. Most tablets only have a few physical buttons; the back, power, and volume buttons and everything else can be done using your fingers.
Today, the top two operating systems used with tablets is Apple iOS used with iPads and Google Android used with Android tablets. A tablet can have Apps installed onto them to perform a function. For example, the Safari app on iPads is the browser that allows you to browse the Internet. On Android tablets, the Chrome app is typically used as its primary browser.
History of the tablet
The concept of a tablet was first sketched by Alan Kay while at Xerox in 1971 and since then there have been many iterations of tablet devices including PDA's, predecessors to the tablet. The first successful tablet and the tablet most of today's tablets resemble is the Apple iPad, which was first released in 2010.
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Is a tablet a computer?
Yes, a tablet is considered a computer. Apart from a tablet using a different operating system and input devices many of the components contained within a tablet are similar to what is found in today's computer's.
3. Microsoft Tablet PC is a term coined by Microsoft when they introduced a specification and edition of Windows XP called the Windows XP Tablet PC edition. Microsoft Tablet PC allowed handwritten recognition and a Windows computer to be used with a Pen (Stylus).
The Tablet PC edition could not be purchased by itself but did come pre-installed with Tablet PC's such as the HP TC1100 tablet PC. With the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, the Tablet PC edition became part of Windows XP.
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A tablet may refer to any of the following:
1. A tablet is an alternative name for a graphics tablet.
2. A tablet, tablet computer, or tablet PC is a mobile computing device designed to be held in one or two hands. It is typically the size of a book (7 inches or bigger) and resemble a large smartphone. In the picture is an example of the ASUS Nexus 7 Android tablet.
Tablets let you do many of the same things as a traditional computer. They can browse the Internet, connect to social network apps, and display HD videos. They excel at applications which do not require a large amount of precise user input.
Early tablet devices used light pens or a stylus as their input device. However, today all tablets use a touchscreen as their primary input device with the option to connect external devices such as a keyboard. Most tablets only have a few physical buttons; the back, power, and volume buttons and everything else can be done using your fingers.
Today, the top two operating systems used with tablets is Apple iOS used with iPads and Google Android used with Android tablets. A tablet can have Apps installed onto them to perform a function. For example, the Safari app on iPads is the browser that allows you to browse the Internet. On Android tablets, the Chrome app is typically used as its primary browser.
History of the tablet
The concept of a tablet was first sketched by Alan Kay while at Xerox in 1971 and since then there have been many iterations of tablet devices including PDA's, predecessors to the tablet. The first successful tablet and the tablet most of today's tablets resemble is the Apple iPad, which was first released in 2010.
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How to find information about my computer
Is a tablet a computer?
Yes, a tablet is considered a computer. Apart from a tablet using a different operating system and input devices many of the components contained within a tablet are similar to what is found in today's computer's.
3. Microsoft Tablet PC is a term coined by Microsoft when they introduced a specification and edition of Windows XP called the Windows XP Tablet PC edition. Microsoft Tablet PC allowed handwritten recognition and a Windows computer to be used with a Pen (Stylus).
The Tablet PC edition could not be purchased by itself but did come pre-installed with Tablet PC's such as the HP TC1100 tablet PC. With the release of Windows XP Service Pack 2, the Tablet PC edition became part of Windows XP.
Also See:)
Graphics tablet, Hardware terms, Hybrid computer, iPad, Kindle, PDA, Portable computer, Slate PC, Touchscreen
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