notebook

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A book (physical or digital) in which notes or memoranda are written.

   • Near-synonyms: notepad, rough book, writing pad, logbook, journal
   • For Caſſius is a-weary of the World: / Hated by one he loues, brau'd by his Brother, / Check'd like a bondman, all his faults obſeru'd, / Set in a Note-booke, learn'd, and con'd by roate / To caſt into my Teeth.
   • With an unquenchable enthusiasm for locomotives and their work, at an early age I had commenced to keep engine and traffic-recording notebooks, compiled in a schoolboy's round hand.
2. 2

   A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be…

   A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.

   • We have found the use of Jupyter notebooks to be a convenient way of sharing work and code in a compact and reproducible manner. Jupyter notebooks are easy to update and adapt over time compared to a static CD-ROM.
3. 3

   Ellipsis of notebook computer (“laptop computer”).

   • Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.

The neighborhood

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• neighborgood books
• neighborin one's book