Editing LCARS (section)

==PADD==
{{redirect|PADD|"PADD" in the U.S. petroleum industry|Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts}}
[[File:Star Trek PADD.jpg|thumb|Close-up of a PADD, as seen in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'']]

The LCARS interface is often seen used on a '''PADD''' (''Personal Access Display Device''), a hand-held computer.<ref>{{cite book |title=Star Trek: The Next Generation Officer's Manual |publisher=FASA Corporation |first1=Rick D. |last1=Stuart |first2=John |last2=Terra |date=September 1988 |isbn=1-55560-079-4}}</ref>

At {{convert|7|in|spell=in|adj=on}}, similarly sized modern [[tablet computer]]s such as the [[Nexus 7 (2012)|Nexus 7]], [[Amazon Fire tablet|Amazon Fire]], [[BlackBerry PlayBook]], and [[iPad Mini]] have been compared with the PADD.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/make-it-so-what-star-trek-tells-us-about-how-to-make-tablets/260337/ |title=Make It So: What ''Star Trek'' Tells Us About How to Make Tablets |work=[[The Atlantic]] |first=Brian |last=Fung |date=26 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/how-star-trek-artists-imagined-the-ipad-23-years-ago/ |title=How ''Star Trek'' artists imagined the iPad… nearly 30 years ago |work=[[Ars Technica]] |first=Chris |last=Foresman |date=September 10, 2016}}</ref>  Several [[mobile app]]s were created  which offered an LCARS-style interface.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trekmovie.com/2010/04/11/new-lcars-ipad-application-released/ |title=New 'LCARS' iPad Application Released |website=[[TrekMovie.com]] |first=Anthony |last=Pascale |date=April 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wired.com/2011/07/star-trek-padd-ipad/ |title=Make It So: Hands-On With Official ''Star Trek'' iPad App |magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |first=Ryan |last=Paul |date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>