Meanings
plural hiptops
- computingA small portable personal computer somewhat like a smartphone.
Newer browsers will ignore them; mobile phones, palmtops, and hiptops often have very basic browsers that understand only the basic tags.
2006, Eve Astrid Andersson, Philip Greenspun, Andrew Grumet, Software Engineering for Internet Applications, page 3461 more example
But the Web comes in two flavors on mobile devices. On newer “smart” phones, PDAs, and hiptops, you can get the regular, glorious Web—the one you're used to seeing on your desktop or laptop computer—via a small Web browser.
2006, Sarah Milstein, J. D. Biersdorfer, Rael Dornfest, Google: The Missing Manual
Origin
Blend of hip + laptop. Perhaps introduced as a brand name; see Danger Hiptop.
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