Java Glossary : companion

CMP home Java glossary home Menu no menu Last updated 2004-06-28 by Roedy Green ©1996-2004 Canadian Mind Products

Java definitions: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

You are here : home : Java Glossary : C words : companion.

companion
generic name for a small hand-held device that integrates many special purpose computer functions, e.g. pedestrian's companion. The term can also be more generally used for a portable personal computer interface as in surgeon's companion that may be worn or embedded. The etymology comes from Clifford Simak's tale about a man who befriended an alien plant and in return received a companion as a gift.
book_coverAll The Traps Of Earth
0-380-45500-5
Clifford Simak
amazon.com Barnes and Noble
amazon.ca chapters
amazon.co.uk amazon.de

CMP logo
CMP_home
home		 Canadian Mind Products CSS
HTML Checked!
ICRA ratings logo
mindprod.com IP:[24.87.56.253]
Your IP:[80.134.30.163]
You are visitor number 624.
Please send errors, omissions and suggestions
to improve this page to Roedy Green.
You can get a fresh copy of this page from: or possibly from your local J: drive mirror:
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/companion.html J:\mindprod\jgloss\companion.html