
n.
- The top of a desk.
- Computer Science. The background image of a display screen, on which windows, icons, and other graphical items appear.
Designed for use on a desk or table: a desktop telephone; a desktop computer.
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A single-user computer. It typically refers to a PC or Mac, but may also refer to a Linux PC. Also called a "client computer" or "client" or simply a "desktop."
Contrast With Laptop or Server
Although the term implies stationary use in contrast with a portable laptop computer, the term is often used to refer to users' computers in general, both desktop and laptop, in contrast to a network server. See desktop PC and desktop application.
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Desktop refers to the surface of a desk.
The term has been adopted as an adjective to distinguish office appliances (such as photocopiers and printers) which can be fitted on top of a desk, from larger equipment covering its own area on the floor.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - desktop, bordplade
adj. - desktop-
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Nederlands (Dutch)
bureaublad, PC(-), tafel-, bureau-
Français (French)
n. - dessus de bureau, ordinateur (de bureau)
adj. - de table, de bureau
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Tischcomputer
adj. - Desktop-
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (Η/Υ) επιφάνεια εργασίας
attrib. - επιτραπέζιος, προοριζόμενος ή κατάλληλος για τοποθέτηση σε γραφείο
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Italiano (Italian)
piano della scrivania, da scrivania
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - para ser usado sobre a mesa
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Русский (Russian)
крышка стола, настольный
Español (Spanish)
n. - parte superior de una mesa o escritorio
adj. - de oficina, de escritorio
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - desktop
attr. - skrivbords-
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
桌面, 桌上型计算机, 桌上的
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 桌面, 桌上型電腦
adj. - 桌上的
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한국어 (Korean)
n. - 퍼스널 컴퓨터
adj. - 소형의, 탁상용의
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) سطح المكتب (صفه) كومبيوتر
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מישטח השולחן
adj. - שולחני (מחשב)
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