Webbook

Webbooks (a portmanteau of web and notebook computer) are a class of laptop computers such as the litl, Elonex[1] and Coxion[2] webbook computers.

The word may also refer to books that are available in HTML on the web.[3] and the NIST Chemistry WebBook, a scientific database of chemical properties maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

The word may also refer to The WebBook Company of Birmingham, Michigan, which planned to deliver a Net computer based on the PSC1000 RISC processor (then and now also known as the ShBoom) designed by Charles H. Moore.[4]

## Legal issues

U.S. Trademark 77,616,571 was filed by Robert & Colleen Kell of Austin, Texas on 18 November 2008. The application was deemed abandoned on Aug. 23, 2009.

## See also

* Netbook
* Tablet computer

## References

1. ↑ Computer Buyer Product Review for Elonex webbook
2. ↑ Coxion WebBook product page
3. ↑ Webbook of African Language Resources
4. ↑ CNET: "WebBook preps $700 Net device" 1996

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