desktop
English
Etymology
desk + top.
Pronunciation
- 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
Noun
desktop (plural desktops)
- The top surface of a desk.
- Coordinate terms: benchtop, tabletop
- (computing) A desktop computer.
- Coordinate terms: laptop, palmtop
- Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.
- (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
- (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 […]
- (computing, graphical user interface, synecdoche) The wallpaper of this interface.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.
Derived terms
- crash to desktop
- desktop mascot
- desktop organiser
- desktop organizer
- desktop picture
- desktop publisher
- desktop publishing
- personal online desktop
- remote desktop
- virtual desktop
Translations
the top surface of a desk
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a desktop computer
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on-screen background
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Adjective
desktop (not comparable)
- Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
- (computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.
- desktop browser
Derived terms
- desktop accessory
- desktop computer
- desktop environment
- desktop mascot
- desktop metaphor
- desktop publishing
- desktop toy
Translations
designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture
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computing: of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English desktop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛsk.tɔp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: desk‧top
Noun
desktop m (plural desktops, diminutive desktopje n)
- (computer hardware) desktop computer
- (graphical user interface) main graphical user interface of a system
Synonyms
- (main graphical user interface): bureaublad
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɛsk.top/
- Rhymes: -ɛsktop
- Hyphenation: dèsk‧top
- IPA(key): (proscribed) /ˈdɛk.stop/
Noun
desktop m (invariable)
- (computing) desktop (visible user interface)
- lo sfondo del desktop ― desktop wallpaper
Further reading
- desktop in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌdɛs.kiˈtɔ.pi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌdɛʃ.kiˈtɔ.pi/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɛʃ.kɨˈtɔp/
Noun
desktop m (plural desktops)
- (computing) desktop computer (computer of a size designed to be used on a desk)
- Synonym: computador de secretária
- (computing) desktop (the main graphical user interface of an operating system)
- Synonym: área de trabalho
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.
Noun
desktop n (plural desktopuri)
- desktop computer
Declension
Declension of desktop
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) desktop | desktopul | (niște) desktopuri | desktopurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) desktop | desktopului | (unor) desktopuri | desktopurilor |
vocative | desktopule | desktopurilor |