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1.                 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Information Appliance
   IA
      <hardware> (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few
      targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen
      interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure.
      [How does this differ from a PDA?]
      (1998-02-24)