Portable data terminal

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Typical PDT

A portable data terminal (PDT) is an

WWAN). They have also been called enterprise digital assistants (EDA), data capture mobile devices, batch terminals
or just portables.

They can also serve as barcode readers, and they are used in large stores, warehouses, hospitals, or in the field, to access a database from a remote location. Others have a touch screen, IrDA, Bluetooth, a memory card slot, or one or more data capture devices.

PDTs frequently run wireless device management software that allows them to interact with a database or software application hosted on a server or mainframe computer.[1]

Boundaries among

RFID
reader.

See also

References

  1. ^ List of Bitpipe whitepapers on wireless device management.