Until I saw an article which announced the Lenovo IdeaCenter Q110, I didn't even know nettops existed. After quick research, I found that the word nettop is a portmanteau (a word blended from two words) of Internet and desktop, much like the word netbook is a portmanteau of Internet and notebook.

Like netbooks, nettops are designed to be in smaller form factors and consume fewer resources than their big brothers, the desktop computers.

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