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Definition of desktop
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
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Examples of desktop in a Sentence
The desktop was covered with books and stacks of papers.
He created a new folder on his desktop.
Recent Examples of desktop from the Web
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The Chicago Tribune’s front page press plate from when the Cubs won the 2016 World Series sits above his desktop computer.
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Students will use those devices in the same manner as existing desktop computers, under the supervision of teachers.
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A group of researchers at Carnegie Mellon have been working on solving this problem by building a device that creates virtual interactive displays on any desktop, using nothing more than an overhead projector and a depth sensor.
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Before Microsoft and Apple helped put a computer on every desktop, there had to be a personal computer that people would want to own in the first place.
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Her channel typically features videos that involve cooking with office supplies (think: frying a pancake on a computer case), but her latest work takes her skills out of the kitchen and onto her vanity (or, in her case, her desktop mirror).
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By 2007, Google had cracked the 50 percent mark in the share of all U.S. desktop searches, according to comScore, while Yahoo had 27 percent.
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Sixty percent of digital media consumption in the United States occurs on mobile or tablet devices rather than on desktop computers.
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Women are 16% more likely than men to watch porn on their phones, and 34% less likely to use a desktop.
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First Known Use of desktop
1925
desktop
Definition of desktop
: of a size that can be conveniently used on a desk or table desktop computers — compare laptop
Examples of desktop in a Sentence
She is working on a desktop video project.
Recent Examples of desktop from the Web
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Libby is available for desktop computers running Windows 10, as well as Android, Apple and Kindle devices.
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Desktop ad units, which currently sit at the top of the page, will soon appear in-line with feed.
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Morton doesn’t see the company’s largely desktop-bound customer base disappearing any time soon, but better mobile products would hedge FlowPlay’s bets.
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Desktop computer sales were outpaced by laptops around 2008.
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A lot of the app makers need to look at this as a pro platform and be able to deliver more desktop-class apps,
These 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.
First Known Use of desktop
1958
DESKTOP Defined for English Language Learners
desktop
playDefinition of desktop for English Language Learners
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: the top surface of a desk
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: a computer that is designed to be used on a desk or table : a desktop computer
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: an area or window on a computer screen in which small pictures (called icons) are arranged like objects on top of a desk
desktop
Definition of desktop for English Language Learners
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: of a size that is suitable to be used on a desk or table
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: done using a personal computer
DESKTOP Defined for Kids
desktop
playDefinition of desktop for Students
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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