Definitions for desktop

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desktop desk·top

Spelling: [desk-top]

IPA: /ˈdɛskˌtɒp/

Desktop is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 186 anagrams from letters in desktop (dekopst).

Definitions for desktop

noun

1. the surface of a desk.
2. Computers. Also called desktop computer. a computer that is not portable, often consisting of a CPU, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. Compare laptop. the primary display screen of a graphical user interface, on which various icons represent files, groups of files, programs, or the like, which can be moved, accessed, added to, put away, or thrown away in ways analogous to the handling of file folders, documents, notes, etc., on a real desk.

adjective

1. small or compact enough to fit or be used on a desk:

Origin of desktop

First recorded in 1925-30; desk + top¹

Examples for desktop

Up comes a little box on the desktop from gogoinflight inviting me to follow them out into the cyber universe.

The beneficiary rose to his feet, seeming not to see the hand the old Judge had extended across the desktop toward him.

I like to see my desktop covered with face-up yellow pages drying like paintings in the sun.

The three microcards and the order itself appeared simultaneously on the desktop viewer of the Star Watch personnel officer.

Suddenly he gasped, and jabbed one of the many buttons that patterned his desktop.

Plug them in and they show up on your desktop like a little hard drive.

You can download the Kindle App for free on your desktop or laptop computer, smart phone or tablet.

He crested the desktop and joined his brother in ferrying out more parts.

They feature custom wallpaper, system sounds, and desktop icons for My Computer, Recycle Bin, and Network Neighborhood.

Especially since the tech boom, which has brought a wealth of new tools to even the amateur investor's desktop.