desktop (redirected from Desktops)

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.

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	desktop - 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 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 [ˈdesktɒp]

A. ADJ [computer] → de sobremesa, de escritorio

B. CPD desktop publishing N → autoedición f

desktop desk-top [ˈdɛsktɒp] n (COMPUTING)

(= computer) → bureau m

(= icons) → bureau m
desktop computer n → ordinateur m de bureau, ordinateur m de table
desktop publishing n → publication f assistée par ordinateur, PAO f

desktop

n

→ Arbeitsfläche f

(Comput) → Desktop m

(= computer) = desktop computer

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desktop:

desktop computer

n → Desktopcomputer m, → Desktop-Computer m, → Tischrechner m

desktop copier

n → Tischkopierer f

desktop publishing

n → Desktop-Publishing nt