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(of a computer) having an electronic stylus rather than a keyboard as the primary input device

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  • Three major shifts are important: pen-based computing, voice recognition and the wearable computer.
  • The new Tablet PC is a pen-based computer that uses special software cooked up by the brainiacs in Redmond.
  • A couple of years later, LeapFrog came upon a pen-based reading technology created by a Swedish company called Anoto.
  • Fujitsu thinks it has a head start because its current pen-based devices are already popular among salespeople in the field.
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