desktop computer

See also: Desktop-Computer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsktɒpˌkəmˈpjuːtə/

• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

desktop computer (plural desktop computers)

1. A computer of a size designed to be used on a desk or table, as opposed to larger machines, such as mainframes, and smaller machines, such as laptops and palmtops.

   Synonym: desktop

   Hyponym: all-in-one

Related terms

• laptop
• microcomputer
• palmtop
• personal computer
• workstation

 

Translations

a computer of a size designed to be used on a desk

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 桌上電腦／桌上电脑 (coek³ soeng⁶ din⁶ nou⁵)

  Mandarin: 桌機／桌机 (zhuōjī), 檯式機／台式机 (táishìjī) or 枱式機／枱式机 (táishìjī), 台式机 (táishìjī) (mainland China), 檯式電腦／台式电脑 or 枱式電腦／枱式电脑, 台式电脑 (táishì diànnǎo) (mainland China), 桌上型電腦／桌上型电脑 (zh) (zhuōshàngxíng diànnǎo) (Taiwan), 桌面電腦／桌面电脑 (zhuōmiàn diànnǎo) (Taiwan)

• Danish: stationær computer
• Finnish: pöytätietokone
• French: ordinateur de bureau (fr) m
• Georgian: სამაგიდო კომპიუტერი (samagido ḳomṗiuṭeri)
• German: Desktop-Computer m
• Greek: επιτραπέζιος υπολογιστής m (epitrapézios ypologistís)
• Hungarian: asztali számítógép (hu)
• Icelandic: borðtölva f
• Ido: surtabla komputero
• Irish: ríomhaire deisce m
• Italian: computer fisso m
• Japanese: デスクトップパソコン (ja) (desukutoppupasokon), デスクトップコンピューター (desukutoppukonpyūtā)
• Polish: blaszak (pl) m (colloquial)
• Portuguese: computador de mesa (pt) m, computador de secretária (pt) m
• Russian: насто́льный компью́тер (ru) m (nastólʹnyj kompʹjútɛr)
• Slovak: stolný počítač
• Spanish: computadora de escritorio f, ordenador de escritorio m, ordenador de sobremesa m
• Turkish: masaüstü bilgisayar
• Ukrainian: насті́льний комп'ю́тер m (nastílʹnyj kompʺjúter)
• Vietnamese: máy tính để bàn (vi)