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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
Adjective
small enough to use at a desk: a desktop computer
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.desktopdesktop - 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.desktopdesktop - (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
screen background, background
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 [ˈdɛsktɔp] n → Arbeitsfläche f


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