computerette

English

Etymology

computer +‎ -ette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmpjutɚˈɹɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: com‧put‧er‧ette

Noun

computerette (plural computerettes)

1. (rare, chiefly science fiction) A small computer.
   • 1968, Popular Mechanics, volume 129, number 3, page 115:

     One tiny cassette holds 8000 2000-mile routes, any of which can be exposed at will. It is not hard to imagine the ACD — and its associated computerette — becoming a splended "optional extra" in the vacationer's family car.

   • 2011, Fred Holmes, Heroes of the Transition, page 8:

     Highly robotic for her time, Baby Luna came with her moon landing module, crashball, computerette, star maps, space suit, dragon robe and other clothes.

   • 2012, Miranda Innes, Getting to Manana, page 175:

     My bijou computerette had no truck with floppy disks, so an Internet café would not suffice.

   • 2013, Iain Banks, Raw Spirit, page 60:

     What I should really do, of course, is use a Personal Digital Assistant; one of those tiny hand-held computerette thingies […]