noun
portable computer
A computing term for a computer designed to be easily carried. In modern usage, often replaced by more specific terms like ノートパソコン (laptop) or タブレット (tablet), but still understood as a general category.
1980年代には、ポータブルコンピュータはまだ大きくて重かった。
In the 1980s, portable computers were still large and heavy.