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Since the early 1990s, most of these flexible handheld units belong to the class of [[graphing calculator]]s. Before the mass-manufacture of inexpensive [[dot-matrix]] [[LCD]]s, however, programmable calculators usually featured a one-line numeric or [[alphanumeric]] display. The Big Four manufacturers of programmable calculators are [[Casio]], [[Hewlett-Packard]], [[Sharp Corporation|Sharp]], and [[Texas Instruments]]. All of the above have also made [[pocket computer]]s in the past, especially Casio and Sharp.

Many calculators of this type are monochrome LCD, some are four-color (red or orange, green, blue, and black), or, in the case of some machines at the top of the line as of January 202a2022 color similar to monitors displaying 16 or 32-bit graphics. As they are used for graphing functions, the screens of these machines are [[pixel-addressable]]. Some have a touch screen, buzzers or other sound producers, internal clocks, modems or other connectivity devices including IrDA transceivers, several types of ports for peripherals like printers, and ports for memory cards of a number of types.

==Earlier devices==