1. a portable computer small enough to use in your lap

2. capable of acting on or influencing each other

4. (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

5. a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

8. furnished with funds

10. record in a public office or in a court of law

3. of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

6. a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market

7. (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system

9. (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing

11. affording change (especially in social status)

12. electronic equipment external to the circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer