Technology / B2

DESKT-op/ˈdesktɒp/

A desktop is the main screen of a computer, or a computer designed to stay on a desk: the desktop folder; a desktop computer. Laptop is the portable twin; wallpaper is the background image, not the machine. Save the file to the desktop only if the methods brief allows it. Mix-up: desktop vs desk top as furniture only; laptop; do not write desktop for a furniture catalogue with no computer in the source.

Meaning

The main screen of a computer, or a computer designed to stay on a desk (a desktop computer).

Examples

• “Save the file to the desktop only if the methods brief allows it; still name the folder.”
• “A desktop computer featured in the ICT inventory, which is the hardware sense — still name the spec if given.”

Good to know

the desktop (screen); a desktop computer / PC; desktop folder. Portable twin: laptop. Trap: a writing desk only. Computing and methods. The main screen, or a desk computer — name the folder or the spec.

Near in meaning

laptop, workstation, PC

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