Definition of "desktop" []

• The top of a desk. (noun)
• Computer Science The background image of a display screen, on which windows, icons, and other graphical items appear. (noun)
• Designed for use on a desk or table: a desktop telephone; a desktop computer. (adjective)

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• "Because all users can save their own desktop settings program will create SAV file in this format: (in Application folder) [machinename] _desktop_ [username]. sav"
• "My main desktop is a well resourced MS-Windows XP-Pro system."
• "The decision by HP to not use the term desktop-as-a-service, said Sloan, probably means potential customers "can look more broadly at the principle with is to abstract your desktop experience from one piece of hardware.""