desktop
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: dĕskʹ-tŏp, IPA(key): /ˈdɛsktɒp/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈdɛsk.ˌtɔp]
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈdɛsk.ˌtɒp]
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈdɛsk.ˌtɑp]
- Hyphenation: desk‧top
Noun edit
desktop (plural desktops)
- The top surface of a desk.
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- (computing, graphical user interface) 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.
- 1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312:
- 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 […]
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdoche) The wallpaper of this interface.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
the top surface of a desk
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a desktop computer
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on-screen background
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Adjective edit
desktop (not comparable)
- Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
- (computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
- desktop browser
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English desktop.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
desktop m (plural desktops, diminutive desktopje n)
- (computer hardware) desktop computer
- (graphical user interface) main graphical user interface of a system
Synonyms edit
- (main graphical user interface): bureaublad
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
desktop m (invariable)
Further reading edit
- desktop in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
desktop m (plural desktops)
- (computing) desktop computer (computer of a size designed to be used on a desk)
- Synonym: computador de secretária
- (computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)
- Synonym: área de trabalho
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.
Noun edit
desktop n (plural desktopuri)
Declension edit
Declension of desktop
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) desktop | desktopul | (niște) desktopuri | desktopurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) desktop | desktopului | (unor) desktopuri | desktopurilor |
vocative | desktopule | desktopurilor |