desktop
desk top
- n the top of a desk
- n (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- The trouble is, every notebook is more expensive than its similarly powered desktop-PC equivalent.
- The average desktop computer, not including the monitor, consumes from 60 to 250 watts a day.
- It took OS X, its full-featured desktop operating system, and somehow squished it down to fit inside the iPhone's elegant glass-and-stainless-steel case.