Meaning of desktop in English:

desktop

Pronunciation /ˈdɛsktɒp/

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noun

1The working surface of a desk.
‘The height was good being only 11 mm from the desktop to the surface which would keep wrist strain at a minimum.’
- ‘It does however have an issue that the desktop and laminated mouse surfaces don't have and that is added noise.’
- ‘In comparison I've used a cheap laminated mat and the desktop surface itself.’
- ‘He was looking down at the desktop, tracing invisible designs across the surface.’
- ‘There is a complete of table-tops that would go well with any office - planters' pots, waste paper baskets, desktops and innovative-looking pen stands.’
- ‘Evenings, she cleans offices for corporate execs, so they can arrive the next morning and find their trash cans empty and the coffee rings scrubbed from their desktops.’
- ‘In the 1980s, wooden desktops were replaced with a grey laminate.’
- ‘The company has sold about 700 of the desktops since they were launched at the beginning of the year and have been popular with adults as well as children.’
- ‘We were so pure that year that even the desktops were Formica white.’
- ‘So I put a few drops of 100% pure tea tree oil onto a damp dish cloth, and wiped the desktop.’
- ‘Library staff stacked the units neatly on the floor, and cleaned the desktop space.’
- ‘I'm a clean freak when it comes to my desktop. But am quite surprised to see that it's so cluttered today.’
- ‘What could possibly be more practical and elegant on your desktop than a gorgeous wood alarm clock?’
- ‘I use it on a mouse pad, though it works fine on my Formica desktop.’
- ‘The predominant color in the cabins is coral with red highlights; the ceiling is coral, the Formica desktop is coral, the little coffee table is coral.’
1. 1.1A computer suitable for use at an ordinary desk.
  ‘a new low-end desktop’
  ‘This could be your web server, a desktop computer running a database client application, or both.’
  ‘A wireless network of two laptop computers and one desktop computer will cost between €450 and €600.’
  ‘Patients in the computer group used a desktop computer to view a multi-media presentation that included graphics and video and audio clips.’
  ‘Users can hook into the data and services from anywhere, using anything from a wireless handheld device to a laptop to a desktop computer.’
  ‘Against the far wall was a computer desk with a desktop computer, printer and other computer gear on it.’
  ‘Users access standard websites via a host system and a small program downloaded to their desktop computer, which adjusts pages to make them easier to read.’
  ‘Atop his desk were his desktop computer and his folded up laptop.’
  ‘Laptops are replacing the old desktop computer, whose days may just be numbered.’
  ‘You can't simply call your mum from your desktop computer if her computer hasn't been set up at the other end to receive the call.’
  ‘More than two-thirds of all students today own either a desktop computer or laptop, while 86% have mobile phones.’
  ‘I have a laptop and a desktop computer, and I use them pretty interchangeably.’
  ‘It weighs just 2.9 pounds, but it's a desktop computer, not a notebook.’
  ‘All of my photos are burned onto CD files, stored on my laptop, my desktop computer and again on my portable hard drive unit.’
  ‘I took my laptop computer out and set it next to a desktop computer that was always kept there.’
  ‘Upon the desk was a desktop computer and other assorted objects.’
  ‘Such a calculation takes only a few seconds on a desktop computer.’
  ‘Atop the desk sat a sleek desktop computer, a little red light on the underside of the cordless mouse glowing slightly.’
  ‘It's based on mathematical formulas that can be run on an ordinary desktop computer.’
  ‘I bought a desktop computer and then I bought a notebook computer.’
  ‘It was even possible to modify the desk in order to hold a desktop computer.’
2. 1.2The working area of a computer screen regarded as a representation of a notional desktop and containing icons representing items such as files.
  ‘you can now have multiple, overlapping windows on the desktop’
  ‘The fix requires customers to download an executable file to the desktop, and then reboot the PC.’
  ‘Frequently users place icons on the desktop to quickly access some application, files or folders they regularly use.’
  ‘She had put all her files and icons on her desktop.’
  ‘Right now the Linux demo makes the physical connection, creates a mount point, mounts the file system, and drops a new icon onto the desktop transparently.’
  ‘On the subject of alleviating clutter after installing Windows XP, the desktop is devoid of icons except the Recycle Bin.’
  ‘He moved files around a virtual desktop and grabbed data as needed from other computers.’
  ‘When enabled, this option displays all your desktop icons about twice the normal size.’
  ‘Close the Find window and locate the icon on your desktop.’
  ‘One day there was a document file on the desktop of the computer.’
  ‘He indicated that the problems were largely confined to the desktop rather than areas such as database access.’
  ‘When you select an icon from the desktop or choose an item from a menu the text or image becomes highlighted in a different colour.’
  ‘They were still able to access the Web through the page and get e-mail via their desktop icons.’
  ‘I don't like icons on my desktop, and have removed most of them.’
  ‘The installer will prompt for the placement of an icon on the desktop.’
  ‘Simply drag and drop files to the shredder icon on your desktop.’
  ‘Are you tired of all those boring little icons on your desktop?’
  ‘The icon on the desktop has changed colour to a slightly lighter blue.’
  ‘These days, most organizations seem to back up their servers and hope that their employees don't store the only copy of important files on their company desktops.’
  ‘On your desktop, it is represented by an icon of a folder with a sheet of paper in it.’
  ‘To find out more about customizing your desktop icons, click here.’