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(desktɒp) also desk-top
Word forms: plural desktops
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Desktop computers are a convenient size for using on a desk or table, but are not designed to be portable.
You can watch it on your phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer.
2. countable noun
A desktop is a desktop computer.
3. countable noun
The desktop of a computer is the display of icons that you see on the screen when the computer is ready to use.

desktop in British English

(ˈdɛskˌtɒp)
noun
1. 
the main screen display on a personal computer, from which windows may be opened and programs run
2. (modifier)
denoting a computer system, esp for word processing, that is small enough to use at a desk

desktop in American English

(ˈdɛskˌtɑp)
noun
1. 
the top, or working surface, of a desk
2. 
a desktop microcomputer
adjective
3. 
designating or of a piece of equipment, as a microcomputer, designed to be used on a desk or table

Examples of 'desktop' in a sentence
desktop

The system scans the network for any connected desktops or laptops and installs a local client on those systems.
Computing (2010)
It's the same reason people have beautiful nature scenes as their computer desktops.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Compare that with desktop PCs.
Computing (2010)
The company will also provide desktop and application support to the central member staff organisation, which comprises 400 staff.
Computing (2010)
Their internet consumption is tracked by installing meters on laptop and desktop computers and kept anonymous.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Most of those who can afford to trade can also afford a desktop computer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The offers are only available to shoppers using desktop computers or laptops.
The Sun (2016)
Anyone familiar with desktop computers will see the similarity between human and computer memories.
Hopkins, Tom The Guide to Greatness in Sales (1994)
Computer firms produce both desktop and laptop computers.
Miller, Roger LeRoy & Fishe, Raymond P. H. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice (1995)
Not so long ago technology sat on a desktop and software was something that came on floppy disks.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This required a new set of databases and knowledge management applications and new desktop and mobile computers for the engineers.
Larry Downes THE STRATEGY MACHINE (2002)
Just as many people access the website on a smartphone or tablet as they do on a desktop or laptop computer.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This involves moving away from desktop computers to an environment where smart devices are all around us and effectively invisible to the user.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The real powerhouse of 3-D gaming is the desktop computer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It intends to replace about 1,500 desktop computers with the laptops over the next few months.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It can record 200 hours of audio and the notes can be saved to your computer desktop.
The Sun (2012)
Instant messaging is well established on desktop and laptop computers, but has yet to take off on mobile phones.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The programme allowed employers to provide desktop and laptop computers to employees, taking the cost out of their salaries before tax was deducted.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The group argued that this was because more people were looking at its website with mobiles and tablets, rather than on desktop computers.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Some users complained that the software felt too much like using a desktop PC.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
For example, with desktop publishing, you may be buying computers.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This follows on from the addition of laptops in 2005 and desktop computers in the Nineties.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's good enough to use as a desktop speaker, but it can cause quite a vibration on a solid surface.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He put the capital straight back into the firm, investing in desktop publishing software, which was new at the time.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It means that, for the first time, more people are surfing from a phone than a laptop or a desktop computer.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
First, your PC desktop may be too busy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
GONE are the days of having to sit at a desktop PC to go online.
The Sun (2011)
Previously under the initiative, there was only the option of a desktop PC or a laptop and there was a cost for the broadband.
The Sun (2015)

In other languages
desktop

British English: desktop ADJECTIVE
Desktop computers are a convenient size for using on a desk or table, but are not designed to be portable.
When launched, this computer was the smallest desktop computer ever produced.
  • American English: desktop
  • Brazilian Portuguese: desktop
  • Chinese: 台式的 >电脑
  • European Spanish: de sobremesa
  • French: de bureau
  • German: Desktop-
  • Italian: da tavolo
  • Japanese: デスクトップ型の
  • Korean: 탁상용의
  • European Portuguese: de secretária
  • Latin American Spanish: de mesa
British English: desktop NOUN
A desktop is a desktop computer.
We have stopped making desktops because no one is making money from them.
  • American English: desktop
  • Brazilian Portuguese: computador de mesa
  • Chinese: 台式电脑 >电脑
  • European Spanish: ordenador de sobremesa
  • French: ordinateur de bureau
  • German: Desktop
  • Italian: computer da tavolo
  • Japanese: デスクトップコンピュータ
  • Korean: 데스크톱 컴퓨터
  • European Portuguese: computador de mesa
  • Latin American Spanish: computadora de mesa

Chinese translation of 'desktop'

desktop

(ˈdɛsktɔp)

n (c)

  1. (computer) 桌面 (zhuōmiàn) (张(張), zhāng)
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