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{{For|the handheld PC|Personal digital assistant}}
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A '''personal data manager''' ('''PDM''') is a portable hardware tool enabling secure storage and easy access to user data.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Lyngbaek|first=Peter|last2=McLeod|first2=Dennis|title=A Personal Data Manager|url=http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.98.6456&rep=rep1&type=pdf|journal=Citeseer}}</ref> It can also be an application located on a portable [[smart device]] or PC, enabling novice end-users to directly define, classify, and manipulate a universe of information objects.<ref name=":0" /> Usually PDMs include [[password management]] software, [[Web browser|web-browser]] favorites and [[cryptographic software]].
Advanced PDM can also store settings for [[VPN]] and [[Terminal Services]], address books, and other features. PDM can also store and launch several portable software applications.
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