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desk·top  (dsktp)
n.
1. The top of a desk.
2. Computer Science The background image of a display screen, on which windows, icons, and other graphical items appear.
adj.
Designed for use on a desk or table: a desktop telephone; a desktop computer.

desktop [ˈdɛskˌtɒp]
n
(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (modifier) denoting a computer system, esp for word processing, that is small enough to use at a desk
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.desktop - the top of a deskdesktop - the top of a desk                    
top side, upper side, upside, top - the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was painted"
2.desktop - (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appeardesktop - (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
CRT screen, screen - the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Translations
desktop [ˈdesktɒp]
A. ADJ [computer] → de sobremesa, de escritorio
B. CPD desktop publishing Nautoedición f
desktop desk-top [ˈdɛsktɒp] n (COMPUTING)
(= computer) → bureau m
(= icons) → bureau m
desktop computer nordinateur m de bureau, ordinateur m de table
desktop publishing npublication f assistée par ordinateur, PAO f
desktop
n
(Comput) → Desktop m
(= computer) = desktop computer

desktop:
desktop computer
nDesktopcomputer m, → Desktop-Computer m, → Tischrechner m
desktop copier
nTischkopierer f
desktop publishing


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The internet has undoubtedly revolutionized our lives and the big desk-top computers have progressed to small carry-on ''notebooks'' or ''laptops'' as they are more popularly known.
 
 
 
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