desktop
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Definition
- Noun:
- (Computing) The primary screen display in a graphical user interface (GUI): The visual workspace on a computer screen that serves as the background for icons, windows, and other graphical elements.
- The top surface of a desk: The flat, horizontal working area of a desk.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Computing):
- I saved the file directly to my desktop for easy access.
- You can rearrange the icons on your desktop.
- Noun (Furniture):
- Her desktop was cluttered with papers and pens.
- The new desk has a very spacious wooden desktop.
Advanced Usage
- "Desktop environment": In computing, this refers to the complete graphical user interface and suite of applications provided by an operating system.
- He prefers the KDE desktop environment for its customization options.
- "Desktop computer": A personal computer designed to be used at a single, stationary location on or near a desk.
- For video editing, a powerful desktop computer is often better than a laptop.
Variants and Related Words
- Desktop (adjective): Pertaining to equipment (like a computer) suitable for use on a desk.
- A desktop printer.
- Desktop publishing (noun): The production of printed matter using a desktop computer and specialized software.
- She used desktop publishing software to design the newsletter.
Synonyms
- GUI workspace (for the computing sense).
- Workspace (for the computing sense).
- Tabletop, work surface (for the furniture sense).
Related Phrases
- "Clear your desktop": Can mean to tidy the physical desk surface or to organize/remove icons from the computer screen.
- I need to clear my desktop before I can start this new project.
- "Desktop shortcut": An icon on the computer desktop that provides quick access to a file, folder, or program.
- Create a desktop shortcut for the application you use most often.
Noun
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- the top of a desk