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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Intermountain has processed over 70,000 IT help desk tickets using an AI tool.
—Bob Herman, STAT, 20 Jan. 2026
For example, the organization is currently more than 200 days overdue on some invoices from Scientel, the company that provides OnLight with 24/7 network operations, monitoring, help desk and corrective maintenance services, FitzCorbett said.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Federal agencies are also issuing advisories about the group's social engineering techniques, noting how attackers impersonate help desks, abuse multi-factor authentication and harvest credentials to access corporate networks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
If your flight is canceled, contact your airline’s customer service line, visit their website, or go to their in-person help desk at the airport.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
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Bob Herman, STAT, 20 Jan. 2026
For example, the organization is currently more than 200 days overdue on some invoices from Scientel, the company that provides OnLight with 24/7 network operations, monitoring, help desk and corrective maintenance services, FitzCorbett said.
—R. Christian Smith, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2026
Federal agencies are also issuing advisories about the group's social engineering techniques, noting how attackers impersonate help desks, abuse multi-factor authentication and harvest credentials to access corporate networks.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
If your flight is canceled, contact your airline’s customer service line, visit their website, or go to their in-person help desk at the airport.
—Chantelle Lee, Time, 24 Nov. 2025
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“Help desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/help%20desk. Accessed 27 Jan. 2026.
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