datapad

See also: data-pad and data pad

English

Alternative forms

• data-pad, data pad

Etymology

From data + pad.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dā′tə-păd, dăt′ə-, dä′tə-; IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ̯.tə.pæd/, /ˈdæt.ə-/, /ˈdɑː.tə-/
• Rhymes: -eɪtəpæd, -ætəpæd, -ɑːtəpæd
• Hyphenation: da‧ta‧pad

Noun

datapad (plural datapads)

1. (science fiction) A small handheld device used to gather, send, or process data.

   Synonyms: padd, PADD

   • 1997, Esther [Mona] Friesner[-Stutzman], chapter 5, in To Storm Heaven (Star Trek: The Next Generation; 46), published 1997, →ISBN, page 78:

     She produced a small datapad, tapped out a rapid sequence on the keys, and shoved it in front of Ma’adrys. “Does it look like this?” ¶ Ma’adrys drew back from the datapad until Geordi leaned over her shoulder to whisper a few words of reassurance.

2. (electronics) A tablet computer, a personal mobile device.

   Synonyms: tablet, pad, iPad (genericized), slate

Further reading

• “Datapad”, in Webopedia‎^[1] (in American English), Find.co, 11 January 2005, archived from the original on 24 July 2021

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin datusnom.

Latin datumbor.

English data

English pad

English datapadubor.

Polish datapad

Unadapted borrowing from English datapad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta.pat/
• Rhymes: -atapat
• Syllabification: da‧ta‧pad

Noun

datapad m inan

1. datapad […]
   • 2003 October 31, Leszek Karlik, “Cytaty z sesji - ED2020”, in pl.rec.gry.rpg‎^[2] (Usenet), quoted in NKJP, retrieved 1 June 2026:

     Zefir - Możecie sami uzyskać dostęp do tych kamer z datapada. ¶ Krap - [jęcząc] Niee... zadzwonię... ¶ Leslie - Wyłaczcie dwójmyślenie, ćwoki! ¶ Krap - [jęcząc] To ja tak depresyjnie wyciągam datapada...

     Zefir: You can access these cameras yourselves from the datapad. ¶ Krap: [groaning] No… I’ll call… ¶ Leslie: Turn off the doublethink, you morons! ¶ Krap: [groaning] I’m pulling out the datapad all depressingly…

Declension

Declension of datapad

	singular	plural
nominative	datapad	datapady
genitive	datapada	datapadów
dative	datapadowi	datapadom
accusative	datapad	datapady
instrumental	datapadem	datapadami
locative	datapadzie	datapadach
vocative	datapadzie	datapady

Further reading

• “datapad”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)