ruggedized

• “It's "ruggedized" to survive drops, so it's supposed to have a better chance of surviving the lifestyle of a teenager, or a klutz of any age.”

  The Huffington Post: The BEST Computers For College Students: Which One Should You Buy For The New School Year?

• “In this case, the search results brought up links to several online dictionaries, all of which assured me that "ruggedized" is indeed a word that means, "the act of making a piece of equipment rugged strengthening to resist wear or abuse.”

  Archive 2008-11-01

• “The laptops -- eight-pound Panasonic Toughbooks that are "ruggedized" to withstand shocks -- are especially awkward for the technicians, who sometimes need to shimmy up poles and work in tight-squeeze locations with the notebooks slung over their shoulders.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Time to Leave the Laptop Behind

• “Dec. 28, 2007 UPDATE: As one of our blog readers pointed out, the Canon EOS 40D isn't completely "ruggedized" and impervious to all elements.”

  Consumer Reports: Canon EOS 40D digital SLR: First impressions

• “Most of the equipment was wrecked, but a high-speed camera, which the manufacturer called "ruggedized," had been rugged enough to record the sequence of events before it lost power and fell into the water.”

  Analog Science Fiction and Fact

• “They aren't the cheapest 'ruggedized' portable drives," Moore said, "but we think it offers the best value on the market.”

  Ars Technica

• “Austin, Texas-based Motion Inc. showed off a $1,000 "ruggedized" device aimed at physically demanding industries such as construction, healthcare and in-store retail, and built to withstand both the elements and rough handling.”

  latimes.com - News

• “Virtual Steelhead™ enables customers to deploy Riverbed WAN optimization solutions in a broader range of environments that may have specialized requirements, such as ruggedized environments or environments with space limitations, as well as data centers that have been heavily virtualized.”

  Riverbed Positioned in Leaders Quadrant of Leading Analyst Firm's Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers - Yahoo! Finance

• “Whether or not we'll actually ever see such a product remains to be seen -- most "ruggedized" gear is designed to take whatever life dishes out (flamethrowers included), not to get out of the way -- it's an interesting concept nonetheless.”

  PCWorld

• “It began in the form of a "ruggedized" laptop computer, loaded with data from social-science research conducted in Iraq-such as, McFate said, "an analysis of the eighty-eight tribes and subtribes in a particular province.”

  Fabius Maximus

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