desktop
noun
desk·top
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Definition of desktop
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: the top surface of a desk
also
: an area or window on a computer screen in which icons are arranged in a manner analogous to objects on top of a desk
2
: a desktop computer
desktop
adjectiveDefinition of desktop (Entry 2 of 2)
: of a size that can be conveniently used on a desk or table
desktop computers
— compare laptop — see also desktop publishing
Examples of desktop in a Sentence
Noun
The desktop was covered with books and stacks of papers. He created a new folder on his desktop.Adjective
She is working on a desktop video project.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Lenovo: Save big on laptops and desktops in this Labor Day sale. — Jacob Krol, Noelle Ike And Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, "Labor Day Sales 2019: Your A-Z guide to shop on Sunday," 1 Sep. 2019 The visualizations are best viewed on a laptop, desktop, or large tablet. — al, "Here are answers to your questions about education in Alabama," 13 Aug. 2019 Still, Wall Street sees a long battle ahead over server, laptop and desktop PC chips, one that could dent Intel’s profits and market share for the next few years. — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, "How Intel Hopes to Catch Rivals With Its Latest Chips," 1 Aug. 2019 These features will appeal most to power users who spend most of their day typing on a laptop or desktop. — Kevin Roose, New York Times, "Would You Pay $30 a Month to Check Your Email?," 27 June 2019 In its laptop and desktop businesses, Apple is breaking up its iTunes software for computers into three apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV. — Michael Liedtke, Anchorage Daily News, "Say hello to ‘dark mode’ on iPhones and goodbye to iTunes," 4 June 2019 Then, in the nineteen-eighties, a far more convenient technology arrived, in the form of desktop computers connected through digital networks. — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, "Was E-mail a Mistake?," 6 Aug. 2019 Brave is available as a desktop and mobile browser, on Google Play and the iOS App Store. — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, "Instead of being tracked, get paid to see online ads," 6 July 2019 Then, online banking rose, first strictly through the use of desktop computers. — Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Banking has changed in the last 75 years. And Waukesha State Bank has changed with it.," 27 June 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
The announcement comes about a year after Facebook shut down Trending Topics, a feature on desktop computers-only that showed users popular topics being discussed across the social network based on algorithms. — Fortune, "Facebook Is Hiring Journalists Ahead of a Closely-Watched Return to News," 20 Aug. 2019 While Instagram was still tiny Zuckerberg identified its explosive growth on mobile phones as the obvious antidote to Facebook’s largely desktop product. — Washington Post, "Inside Chris Hughes’s campaign to break up Facebook, the tech ‘monopoly’ he helped create," 25 July 2019 Buyers might be buying fewer desktops, as evidenced by the fact that desktop PC sales grew just 3 percent. — Mark Hachman, PCWorld, "Intel addresses processor shortages, CEO hunt after reporting disappointing fourth-quarter results," 24 Jan. 2019 Groupy is available for $4.99 on its own or as part of Stardock’s Object Desktop, which also gives you the Fences utility to help organize your desktop icons. — Tom Warren, The Verge, "The 9 best apps for your new Windows PC," 27 Dec. 2018 The desktop version of Chrome 71 is available now, and versions for Android and Chrome OS will be coming in the next few weeks. — Dani Deahl, The Verge, "Google releases Chrome 71 with features to block abusive ads," 5 Dec. 2018 Another issue: The participants in the study were using a desktop version of the app in a computer in the clinic—not on their own phones and on their own time. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "The FDA Thinks This App Could Help People With Opioid Use Disorder Stay in Recovery," 17 Dec. 2018 The games will be available on @adidasFballUS on both mobile and desktop devices, and will be accompanied by a Twitter timeline with additional coverage and tweets. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Adidas is partnering with Twitter to stream high school football games," 19 Aug. 2018 For anyone rocking a desktop PC, a new graphics card could be in order. — Ian Paul, PCWorld, "The 5 best deals in Newegg's Early Black Friday Sale," 2 Nov. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'desktop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for desktop
desktop
noun
English Language Learners Definition of desktop
(Entry 1 of 2)
: the top surface of a desk
: a computer that is designed to be used on a desk or table : a desktop computer
: an area or window on a computer screen in which small pictures (called icons) are arranged like objects on top of a desk
desktop
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of desktop (Entry 2 of 2)
: of a size that is suitable to be used on a desk or table
: done using a personal computer
See the full definition for desktop in the English Language Learners Dictionary
desktop
noun
desk·top
| \ ˈdesk-ˌtäp
\
\
Kids Definition of desktop
1
: the top of a desk
2
: a computer that is used on a desk or table and is too big to be moved easily
3
: an area on a computer screen in which items are arranged as if they were objects on top of a desk
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