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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While HappyFox is an easy-to-recommend help desk, Freshdesk Omni edges it out to earn our Editors' Choice award, thanks to its more intuitive design and broader social media support.
—PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Elizabeth Cooper, the school’s IT help desk manager, also addressed the message in an email sent to members of Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication, The Daily Pennsylvanian, a University of Pennsylvania student newspaper, reported.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025
Call for help at the Caregiver Action Network's help desk at 855-227-3640 (8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET) or AARP’s resource line at 1-877-333-5885.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Jubair and other unnamed conspirators allegedly contacted company help desks and convinced representatives to reset other users’ passwords multiple times in addition to allegedly running password cracking software.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
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PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
Elizabeth Cooper, the school’s IT help desk manager, also addressed the message in an email sent to members of Penn’s Annenberg School for Communication, The Daily Pennsylvanian, a University of Pennsylvania student newspaper, reported.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025
Call for help at the Caregiver Action Network's help desk at 855-227-3640 (8 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET) or AARP’s resource line at 1-877-333-5885.
—Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
Jubair and other unnamed conspirators allegedly contacted company help desks and convinced representatives to reset other users’ passwords multiple times in addition to allegedly running password cracking software.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Help desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/help%20desk. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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