help desk
noun
plural help desks
: a department or person that provides assistance and information usually for electronic or computer problems
Adding a work account is easier than it used to be, but if you're a technophobe, or if your company requires special security settings, call your help desk.—
Jeremy Caplan
—often hyphenated when used before another nounJeremy Caplanhelp-desk questions
Pleas to reset forgotten passwords account for half of help-desk calls to Web sites, says RSA Security.—Victoria Murphy Barret
Victoria Murphy BarretExamples of help desk in a Sentence
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Zendesk for Employee Service is a highly capable and scalable IT help desk platform with a slick set of ticket management tools and support for report generation via natural language prompts.
—John Brandon, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
The Entwistles say they were escorted back to the main help desk, where they were informed that Martyn was banned from flying.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Espinal is assigned to the cybersecurity team in the Information Technology Bureau, where Kwan, a 25-year-old former NYPD intern, was hired on the help desk in November.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
Deployment Sounds Complicated Many organizations assume eSIM deployment will create compatibility issues or increase help desk workload.
—Dmitri Verbovski, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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John Brandon, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
The Entwistles say they were escorted back to the main help desk, where they were informed that Martyn was banned from flying.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
Espinal is assigned to the cybersecurity team in the Information Technology Bureau, where Kwan, a 25-year-old former NYPD intern, was hired on the help desk in November.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 June 2026
Deployment Sounds Complicated Many organizations assume eSIM deployment will create compatibility issues or increase help desk workload.
—Dmitri Verbovski, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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“Help desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/help%20desk. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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