Why did I lose my apps when I synced with my laptop?

as per above

Thanks for the responses thus far. Some more details:
- It was the laptop I synced with the first time I loaded the iPad with music... but that was several months ago and I have not synced since
- the iTunes account is the same (I think) on both of them (but am having trouble checking - is there an easy way? in "General" I cannot find it)
- all apps were purchased with my account; now all are gone, including The Economist, Figaro, a few kids games, ...even the iBook reader!
any ideas? I can re-install everything, not a big deal, but it is a real pain if this keeps happening!
thanks in advance for any ideas

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