A table computer, or a table PC, or a tabletop is a device class of a full-featured large-display portable all-in-one

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with an internal battery. It can either be used on a table's top, hence the name, or carried around the house. Table computers feature an 18-inch or larger

multi-touch In computing, multi-touch is technology that enables a surface (a touchpad or touchscreen) to recognize the presence of more than one somatosensory system, point of contact with the surface at the same time. The origins of multitouch began at CE ...

touchscreen A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of electronic visual display, display that can detect touch input from a user. It consists of both an input device (a touch panel) and an output device (a visual display). The touch panel is typically l ...

display, a battery capable of at least two hours of autonomous work and a full-featured desktop

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, such as

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. They are typically shipped with pre-installed multi-user touch-enabled

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s and apps, and typically marketed as family entertainment devices. Manufacturers of some table computers provide a specialized

graphical user interface A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows user (computing), users to human–computer interaction, interact with electronic devices through Graphics, graphical icon (computing), icons and visual indicators such ...

to simplify a simultaneous interaction of multiple users, one example is ''Aura'' interface, which is installed in Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon tabletop. A number of manufacturers released their own versions of tabletops, some prominent examples are HP Envy Rove 20, Dell XPS 18 and Sony VAIO Tap 20.

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