chromebook

plural chromebooks

1. Alternative letter-case form of Chromebook.

   For the avoidance of doubt, tablets, chromebooks, and similar lightweight devices are not a sensible choice for this type of work.

   2014, Conrad Bessant, Darren Oakley, Ian Shadforth, Building Bioinformatics Solutions

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   Along my journey I have seen several different chromebook incarnations, and have almost always used the latest and greatest chromebook as the text vehicle for each retelling of the story: from the original very-affordable ARM-powered Samsung chromebook to the outrageously overpriced and (then) top-of-the-range Chromebook Pixel.

   2017, Tony Loton, Your Chromebook: The Essential Guide to Cloud Computing with Google Pixelbook and other Chromebooks, page 10

   Incremental expansion occurred over the next two years resulting in students across five grade levels enjoying daily access to their own chromebook.

   2018 Spring, J. Scott Cascone, Joseph P. Vespignani, “Technological Confusion or Infusion: An Effective and Sustainable Procedural Framework for Digital Learning”, in Educational Viewpoints, page 74

   Google Assistant is spreading into more and more devices — you might be familiar with it from your smartphone, or your smart speaker, or your smart display, but it’s also arriving on more and more chromebooks, too.

   2019 October 9, David Nield, “Everything You Can Do With Google Assistant on a Chromebook”, in Gizmodo

plural Chromebooks · alternative chromebook

1. A generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style netbook.

   You can view a complete list of supported Chromebooks, Chromeboxes and Chromebases below: (followed by a list of devices from various manufacturers)

   2016 May 19, Dan Graziano, “These are the Chromebooks that support Android apps”, in CNET

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   Technically a Chromebook is just a portable computer running Google's Linux-based Chrome OS, but the majority of Chromebooks are light, inexpensive, relatively modest in computing power and storage, and on the small end of the laptop spectrum.

   2016, Mike Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

   Chrome OS tablets may be the new hotness, but the vast majority of devices that have shipped with Google’s Chrome operating system over the years have been laptops… also known as Chromebooks. But a few years ago we also saw the introduction of a few other categories including Chromeboxes (mini desktop computers), Chromebits (PC-on-a-stick devices), and Chromebases (all-in-one, iMac-like desktops).

   2019 February 4, Brad Linder, “Chromebases are still a thing”, in Liliputing

   "Chromebooks, Chromebases, and Chromeboxes automatically manage updates to ensure your device always has the latest software and security features," said Google.

   2019 December 19, Marius Nestor, “Chrome OS 79 Adds Media Controls in Lock Screen, Mouse Acceleration Control”, in Softpedia News