HyperDic: desktop

English > 2 senses of the word *desktop*:
NOUN	location	desktop	the top of a desk
NOUN	artifact	desktop, background, screen background	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

desktop > pronunciation
Sounds	deh'sktaa.p
Rhymes	Aesop ... workshop: 48 rhymes with aap...

English > *desktop*: 2 senses > noun 1, location
Meaning	The top of a desk.
Broader	top, top side, upper side, upside	The highest or uppermost side of anything

English > *desktop*: 2 senses > noun 2, artifact
Meaning	(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear.
Synonyms	background, screen background
Category	computer science, computing	The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures
Broader	screen, CRT screen	The display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube
Spanish	escritorio, fondo de escritorio, fondo de pantalla
Catalan	fons de pantalla

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