desktop

Etymology

From desk +‎ top.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dĕskʹ-tŏp, IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsktɒp/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛskˌtɔp]
• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛskˌtɒp]
• (US) IPA^(key): [ˈdɛskˌtɑp]
• Hyphenation: desk‧top

Noun

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.

Adjective

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

Etymology

Borrowed from English desktop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsk.tɔp/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: desk‧top

Noun

desktop m (plural desktops, diminutive desktopje n)

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

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)

1. (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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English desktop.

Noun

desktop n (plural desktopuri)

1. desktop computer