notebookn.
/ˈnəʊtbʊk/, U.S. /ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/ 1. A small book with blank or ruled pages for writing notes in; a book containing notes or memoranda.
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society > communication > record > written record > daily record or journal > [noun] > other types of journal
book of remembrance1465
commentary1531
notebook1565
tablebook1582
remembrance booka1627
stam-book1662
memorandum book1683
memorandum paper1710
noctuary1714
workbook1766
memorandum tablet1774
journalet1776
birthday book1806
tickler1808
remembrancer1843
war diary1917
worksheet1925
pillow book1928
memory board1955
Daytimer1960
society > communication > writing > writing materials > material to write on > paper > [noun] > pad of paper > notebook
bookOE
notebook1565
tablebook1582
manuscript book1593
notary1651
pocketbook1660
tablets1773
jotter1882
pencil tablet1882
ring book1891
carnet1897
telephone pad1900
notepad1922
copy1943
1565 T. Dorman Disproufe M. Nowelles Reproufe Pref. sig. ✠2v If he shoulde be cruelly called vpon to restore to..his maister Peter martir his note bokes, [etc.].
1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 401 His note booke serued him no further.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iv. ii. 152 All his faults obseru'd, Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate. View more context for this quotation
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. K3v We..Make that our note-book, there our choisest notions write.
1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World I. i. 58 Nay, shou'd I protest I pulled out my Note-book, and slap-dash'd it down the very minute after it happen'd.
a1764 R. Lloyd Law Student in Poet. Wks. (1774) I. 28 Then at the Hall to take your silent stand, With ink-horn and long note-book in your hand, Marking grave serjeants cite each wise report.
1765 G. Keate Temple-student I. 17 My Ink-horn trim'd, and Quill cut taper, With Note-Book rul'd, and blotting Paper, Looking as solemn as a Judge.
1816 J. T. James Jrnl. Tour ii. 188 A notebook filled with mysterious signs and characters of necromancy, is curious.
1831 Mrs. Davy in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1839) X. 136 I thought the day..so white a one as to mark it especially in a little note book.
1882 C. Pebody Eng. Journalism xxiii. 184 The correspondent..has returned with his note-books full of sketches and information which..may be of the highest service.
1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxix. 280 From my note-book I tore out a page.
1987 I. McEwan Child in Time i. 20 The policemen took out their notebooks and Stephen told his story.
2008 New Yorker 28 July 57/3 A detailed regimen..had been laid out, in black Magic Marker, in a battered spiral-bound notebook.
2. A small portable computer; (in later use) esp. a small, slim laptop; = notebook computer n. at Compounds 3.Cf. earlier electronic notebook n. at electronic adj. Compounds.
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1988 N.Y. Times 21 Aug. (Travel section) xx. 3/1 Computers you can take with you—variously called notebooks, laptops, and portables, depending on size, features, and marketing strategies—are enjoying a boom in sales.
1997 InfoWorld 24 Nov. 93/4 Over the long term, USB drives and peripherals will be equally at home on the desktop or connected to a notebook.
2003 Financial Times 11 Nov. (Creative Business section) 2/1 (heading) A slimmer, more powerful battery for notebooks.
2015 W. O. Scheeren Technol. Handbk. School Librarians iv. 48 Laptops, notebooks, and tablets offer a wide range of screen sizes.
Compounds
C1. attributive (in sense 1), as notebook entry, notebook page, notebook paper, etc.
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1665 J. Sergeant Let. to Dr. Casaubon in Discov. Groundlesness & Insincerity Ld. Down's Dissuasive 337 I am no Friend to Ancient Books or Learning. To Note-book Learning indeed not much; to true Learning or Knowledge, very much.
1850 Chemist 1 172/2 Subjoined are a few note-book jottings, presented now for general consideration.
1856 J. P. Lesley Man. Coal & its Topogr. iv. 200 No lead pencil should ever be allowed to touch a note-book page.
1877 A. L. Adams Brit. Fossil Elephants (Palaeontogr. Soc.) i. i. 2 Observations on the Elephas antiquus.., in the form of note-book entries, have been published.
1942 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 29 Nov. 22/2 His descriptive powers may be viewed in embryonic form in his early notebook scribblings.
1994 Rolling Stone 19 May 29/1 Patti Smith recently combed through her old..journals and papers, gathering together poems, performance pieces and notebook entries.
2015 K. Babb Not Game 306 I..jotted my name and phone number on a sheet of notebook paper, ripping it from the coils.
C2. attributive and objective (in sense 2), as notebook battery, notebook user, etc.Recorded earliest in notebook computer n. at Compounds 3.
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1982 InfoWorld 8 Nov. 32/4 Surely, in ten years, someone like Sinclair will have a notebook computer with a large display for a two-figure price tag.
1983 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 14 Oct. Sprite..a notebook computer..will not necessarily be compatible with the..Personal Computer already on the market. The notebook system could be..‘a functional subset’ of the larger computer's.
1989 Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) 4 Oct. 1 Several Japanese manufacturers..are going after the notebook market.., and the addition of the new notebook models will help push sales.
1991 InfoWorld 18 Nov. s81/4 The two biggest strains on the notebook batteries are..disk drives..and displays—particularly color.
2000 Personal Computer World Oct. 47/1 The frugal photoluminescent liquid crystal..system could also be used in notebook screens.
2006 PC Mag. 11 Apr. 24 (advt.) Combines high-performance notebook technology with tablet functionality.
2016 B. LeVitus OS X El Capitan for Dummies v. xvii. 381 If you're a notebook user, display sleep will save you battery power.
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notebook computer n. a small portable computer; (in later use) esp. a small, slim laptop; cf. sense 2.
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1982 InfoWorld 8 Nov. 32/4 Surely, in ten years, someone like Sinclair will have a notebook computer with a large display for a two-figure price tag.
1990 Computer Buyer's Guide & Handbk. 8 iii. 41/2 Notebook computers are the smallest of the bunch and are so named because they are about the size of a..spiral notebook.
2000 Daily Tel. 16 Mar. (Connected section) 11/4 More and more pupils are using laptop, palmtop and notebook computers for portable computing.
2015 B. Sanderson Firefight xvii. 128 Tia sat at a desk, a notebook computer open beside her.
notebook PC n. = notebook computer n.
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1989 InfoWorld 24 July 1/2 Some analysts..applauded the Minisports tiltable screen, a first in notebook PCs.
1998 Daily Herald (Chicago) 5 Oct. (Business Tech section) iv. 1/3 Dell..has a new notebook PC with a larger display for less than $3,000.
2015 M. Miller Internet of Things xii. 248 Since the turn of the century, office connectivity has..moved..to wireless networking, with more and more workers using notebook PCs instead of desktops.
notebook-size n. and adj. (a) n. the size of a notebook (in sense 1); now often with reference to computers (cf. sense 2); (b) adj. of this size; = notebook-sized adj.
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1881 St. Louis (Missouri) Clin. Record Aug. 159/2 A catalogue..of note-book size.., bound in crimson satin.
1897 Rep. Public Schools (San Diego, Calif. Board of Educ.) 161 The Prang Company issues..small note-book size set of six half-tone views for five cents per set.
1927 4th Ann. Rep. National Live Stock & Meat Board 66 We are delighted with the ‘Meat Cuts Identification Charts’ of note-book size.
1977 Sci. Amer. Sept. 231 (heading) In about a decade many people will possess a notebook-size computer with the capacity of a large computer of today.
2015 R. Basu Managing Projects in Res. & Devel. x. 179 Scaling down to notebook size would substantially improve the portability of the PC.
notebook-sized adj. of the size of a notebook (in sense 1); now often with reference to computers (cf. sense 2).
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1921 Engin. News-Record 6 Oct. 575/1 Small notebook sized copies of the charts, have actually been used in the field..and have proved very satisfactory.
1983 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Mar. 25/1 (headline) Tandy hopes to create market in notebook-sized computers.
2005 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 13 June (Moneywise section) 8/3 She walks into the lobby, sets down her notebook-sized computer and races through a checklist on the screen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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