Webbook
Encyclopedia
A webbook is a portmanteau of web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...

 and notebook computer, and is a generic class of laptop computers such as the litl
Litl
The litl webbook is a webbook developed, marketed and sold by litl LLC. It features the ability to stand upright in an inverted-V position and a cloud-based operating system called litl OS...

, Elonex and Coxion webbook computers.

It may also refer to The WebBook Company of Birmingham, Michigan, which announced plans to deliver a Net computer based on the PSC1000 RISC processor (then and now also known as the ShBoom) designed by Charles H. Moore
Charles H. Moore
Charles H. Moore is the inventor of the Forth programming language.- Biography :In 1968, while employed at the United States National Radio Astronomy Observatory , Moore invented the initial version of the Forth language to help control radio telescopes...

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It may also refer to a book
Book
A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of hot lava, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf or leaflet, and each side of a leaf is called a page...

 available (only) on the web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...

 such as the Webbook of African Language Resources.

It may also refer to a book about creating web sites, such as The Non-designer's Web Book by Robin Williams
Robin Williams (writer)
Robin Patricia Williams is an American educator who has authored many popular computer-related books, as well as the book Sweet Swan of Avon: Did a Woman Write Shakespeare? Among her computer books are manuals of style The Mac is Not a Typewriter and The Non-Designer's Design Book, as well as...

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Legal issues

was filed by Robert & Colleen Kell of Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

on 18 November 2008. This move was criticised on the grounds that it was unlikely for a marketing and advertising agency to have a legitimate intent to use and invest in the term.
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