0 a view on a computer screen that contains icons (= small symbols or pictures) representing files, programs, and other features of the computer: --
3 designed to be used on or at a desk, and not carried around: --
a desktop computer
4 the screen area of a personal computer when no programs are being used, or the top of a desk: --
My desktop is too cluttered for me to be able to work efficiently.
They slept in cots or sleeping bags, squeezed into every available floor space or on desktops.
Floors, desktops, and cabinet tops were covered with magnesite for sound absorption.
Within a project, developers have control over delivery to mobiles, web, desktops, and consoles.
There are an estimated 125 desktops all with internet access, 200 laptops, both digital and video cameras available for use and checkout.
Keyboard shortcuts can be configured for direct access to each of the virtual desktops.
Desktops are run locally, without hosting applications or the operating system in a datacenter.
However, by using graphical tools, the extent to which the desktops can be configured is determined by the power provided by those tools.
There are nearly 500 million enterprise desktops in the world.