Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The top of a desk.
- noun Computers The area of a display screen where images, windows, icons and other graphical items appear.
- adjective Designed for use on a desk or table.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The top
surface of a desk. - noun computing A
desktop computer . - noun computing The main
graphical user interface of anoperating system , usually displayingicons ,windows and backgroundwallpaper . - adjective
Designed for use on adesk or similar piece of furniture. - adjective computing Of an
application , converted to be carried out on apersonal computer .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- noun the top of a desk
Etymologies
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Examples
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Because all users can save their own desktop settings program will create SAV file in this format: (in Application folder) [machinename] _desktop_ [username]. sav
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My main desktop is a well resourced MS-Windows XP-Pro system.
Google Kool-Aid....Ah, refreshing. William "Papa" Meloney 2007
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My main desktop is a well resourced MS-Windows XP-Pro system.
Archive 2007-07-01 William "Papa" Meloney 2007
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The decision by HP to not use the term desktop-as-a-service, said Sloan, probably means potential customers "can look more broadly at the principle with is to abstract your desktop experience from one piece of hardware."
CIO.in 2010
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True / False The term desktop wallpaper refers the BMP file displayed as your background Answer: True 3.
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True / False The term desktop wallpaper refers the BMP file displayed as your background Answer: True 3.
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Good to know about those HP laptops, but a desktop is the destination.
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Good to know about those HP laptops, but a desktop is the destination.
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Good to know about those HP laptops, but a desktop is the destination.
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Good to know about those HP laptops, but a desktop is the destination.
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