An Internet appliance is a consumer device whose main function is easy access to Internet services such as WWW or e-mail. The term was popularized in the 1990s, when it somewhat overlapped in meaning
A VTech Model 80-36447, a type of Internet Appliance. Note the button on the console that would link the user to the Yahoo! webportal.
A netbook is a small-sized and inexpensive laptop; the term was used throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, designed mostly as a means of accessing the Internet and being significantly less expens
Internet appliance
…Server appliance Netbook Linux-Hacker.net Community Page pertaining to getting Linux to run on older Internet Appliances…
A Samsung NC10 netbook computer
An Acer Aspire One netbook sitting on a standard sized Toshiba Satellite laptop, demonstrating the size difference
An Asus Eee PC 700, the first mass-produced netbook, which used a 7-inch screen, here running Linux