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A tablet PC is a notebook- or slate-shaped mobile computer. Its touch screen or digitizing tablet technology allows the user to operate the computer with a stylus or digital pen, or a fingertip, instead of a keyboard or mouse. The form factor offers a more mobile and productive way to interact with a computer. The tablet PC is a culmination of advances in shrinking notebook hardware and improvements in integrated digitizers as methods of input.