Difference between a netbook, a notebook, and a laptop

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Published on 2009-07-20T04:22:49Z Indexed on 2010/04/14 13:03 UTC
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What's the difference between the terms 'netbook', 'notebook', and 'laptop'? I've always just called portable computers "laptops", but apparently there is a technical difference between the three.

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