A personal information manager (often referred to as a PIM tool or, more simply, a PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. The acronym PIM is now, more commonly, used in reference to Personal information management as a field of study. As an information management tool, a PIM tool's purpose is to facilitate the recording, tracking, and management of certain types of "personal information". Personal informati...
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A personal information manager (often referred to as a PIM tool or, more simply, a PIM) is a type of application software that functions as a personal organizer. The acronym PIM is now, more commonly, used in reference to Personal information management as a field of study. As an information management tool, a PIM tool's purpose is to facilitate the recording, tracking, and management of certain types of "personal information". Personal information can include any of the following:
Some PIM software products are capable of synchronizing data with another PIM tool over a computer network (including mobile ad-hoc network, or MANETs). This feature usually does not allow for continuous, concurrent data updates, but rather enables point-in-time updating between different computers, including desktop computer, laptop computers, and personal digital assistant.
Prior to the introduction of the term ￢ﾀﾜPDA￢ﾀﾝ (Personal digital assistant) by Apple in 1992, handheld personal organizers such as...
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