desktop
The top surface of a desk.
Adjective
- Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
- Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
- desktop browser
Origin
From desk + top.
Derived
desktop accessory desktop computer desktop environment desktop mascot desktop metaphor desktop publishing desktop toy
Noun
- The top surface of a desk.
Coordinate Terms: benchtop tabletop countertop
- A desktop computer.
- Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.
- A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.
- I installed a new application and it added its icon to my desktop.
- Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop […] - 1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312:
- The wallpaper of this interface.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.
Forms
Derived
crash-to-desktop crash to desktop deskbar desknote desktop calendar desktop mascot desktop organiser desktop organizer desktop picture desktop publisher desktop publishing multidesktop nettop nondesktop personal online desktop remote desktop virtual desktop webtop