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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: dĕskʹ-tŏp, IPA(key): /ˈdɛsktɒp/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈdɛskˌtɔp]
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈdɛskˌtɒp]
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈdɛskˌtɑp]
- 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, synecdochically) 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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computing: of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer
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]singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | desktop | desktopul | desktopuri | desktopurile | |
genitive-dative | desktop | desktopului | desktopuri | desktopurilor | |
vocative | desktopule | desktopurilor |
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