desktop

desk +‎ top.

• enPR: dĕskʹ-tŏp, IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsktɒp/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsk.ˌtɔp]
• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsk.ˌtɒp]
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛsk.ˌtɑp]
• Hyphenation: desk‧top

desktop (plural desktops)

1. The top surface of a desk.

   Coordinate terms: benchtop, tabletop

2. (computing) A desktop computer.

   Coordinate terms: laptop, palmtop

   Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.

3. (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
4. (computing, graphical user interface) 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.

   • 1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312:

     Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop […]

5. (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochically) The wallpaper of this interface.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.

desktop (not comparable)

1. Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
2. (computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.

   desktop browser

Borrowed from English desktop.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsk.tɔp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: desk‧top

desktop m (plural desktops, diminutive desktopje n)

1. (computer hardware) desktop computer
2. (graphical user interface) main graphical user interface of a system

• (main graphical user interface): bureaublad

Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsk.top/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsktop
  • Hyphenation: dèsk‧top
• IPA^(key): (proscribed) /ˈdɛk.stop/

desktop m (invariable)

1. (computing) desktop (visible user interface)

   lo sfondo del desktop ― desktop wallpaper

• desktop in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.

desktop m (plural desktops)

1. (computing) desktop computer (computer of a size designed to be used on a desk)

   Synonym: computador de secretária

2. (computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)

   Synonym: área de trabalho

Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.

desktop n (plural desktopuri)

1. desktop computer