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Everything about Chromebit

Stick PC running Chrome OS

The Chromebit is a discontinued stick PC running Google's ChromeOS. It was able to be plugged into any display via HDMI to act as a personal computer. Keyboards and mice were able to be connected over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. The device was announced in April 2015 and began shipping November 2015. The Chromebit no longer received updates after November 2020. Wikipedia →

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📖 Definitions

Noun a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style picocomputer (a stick that plugs into a screen, the size of a highlighter pen)

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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📚 Books worth reading

📕Google ChromebitScott Casterson · 2016

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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