Meaning

5 senses
  1. The top surface of a desk.

    Schreibtischfläche

    столе́шницаstoléšnica

    the top of a desk

  2. A desktop computer.

    Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.

    Desktop-Computer

    насто́льный компью́терnastólʹnyj kompʹjúter

  3. A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.

  4. 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.

    Benutzeroberfläche, Arbeitsoberfläche

    рабо́чий столrabóčij stol

    (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

  5. The wallpaper of this interface.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.

Examples

33 sentences
  1. The default color of the desktop's background is blue.

    deDie Arbeitsplatzhintergrund ist standardmäßig blau. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I need to unclutter my desktop.

    Мені треба розчистити свій робочий стіл. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  3. A laptop is better than a desktop.

    Ноутбук кращий за стаціонарний комп'ютер. — aandrusiak

    ruНоутбук лучше стационарного компьютера. — shanghainese

    deEin Laptop ist besser als ein Desktoprechner. — Yorwba

  4. Add a shortcut to the desktop.

    ruДобавь ярлык на рабочий стол. — ZegPhig

  5. Of course desktops are more efficient.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
the top surface of a desk:
a desktop computer:
on-screen background:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
the top surface of a desk:
a desktop computer:
on-screen background:

Origin

From desk + top.

From desk + top.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: desktops
Singulardesktop
Pluraldesktops

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear:backgroundscreen background

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
desktop — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto