Meanings
nounlaptronica (uncountable)
- uncountablecomputingMusical output made with a laptop computer combined with electronic devices, portable enough for live performances.
More recently, the notion of using a portable computer on stage became a reality and new forms of music including laptronica, the synthesis of laptop and electronica, were born.
2012, Leigh Landy, Making Music with Sounds, Routledge, →ISBN, page 16
Origin
Blend of laptop + electronica. The term gained a certain degree of currency in the 1990s.
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APA
laptronica. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laptronica
MLA
“laptronica.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laptronica. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laptronica,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laptronica.
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