A laptop computer or notebook computer, also known as a laptop or notebook for short, is a small, portable personal computer (PC).
What is the short name for laptop?
Lappy is an informal short form for the word laptop, that personal computer of portable dimensions that we all know and love.
What were laptops called?
Alan Kay came up with the idea of the laptop computer in 1976 while working at Xerox PARC, calling it the Dynabook. He helped develop a prototype of his Dynabook, which was officially named the Xerox Note Taker.