Desktop

Desktop refers to the surface of a desk.

The term has been adopted as an adjective to distinguish office appliances (such as photocopiers and printers) which can be fitted on top of a desk, from larger equipment covering its own area on the floor.

Desktop may also refer to:

  • Desktop computer, a personal computer designed to fit on a desk
    • Pizza box form factor, a design of computer case
  • Desktop metaphor, especially the area behind the windows in a GUI using this metaphor
    • Desktop environment, software that provides a comprehensive computer user interface
  • Client (computing), sometimes referred to as desktop to distinguish from the server

Other articles related to "desktop":

Software Widget - Types - Desktop Widgets
... Desktop widgets (commonly just called widgets) are interactive virtual tools that provide single-purpose services such as showing the user the latest news, the current weather, the time, a calendar, a ... are widgets in Plasma, the workspace for the KDE desktop environment ... Portlets in Google Desktop Yahoo! Widgets gdesklets, adesklets, and Screenlets in Linux Opera Widgets on all platforms (desktop, mobile TVs, gaming consoles) using the ...
Laser Soft Imaging - History - 1990 - 2000
... to keep up with the rapidly proceeding desktop technologies ... help in setting up color reproduction on the desktop and to link Chromacom systems to Macintosh Computers ... The distribution of leafscanners started the chapter of high-end scanners on the desktop ...
Software Widget - Widget Engine
... This allows several desktop widgets to be built sharing resources and code ... On the other hand, widget engines such as desktop widgets and web widgets are intended for end users ... Desktop and web widgets are stand-alone, task-oriented applications which can be composed of several related interactions on its own ...
Strigi
... Strigi is a desktop search daemon, which is operating system-independent and desktop-independent ... Like most desktop search systems, Strigi can extract information from files, such as the length of an audio clip, the contents of a document, or the resolution of a picture plugins determine what filetypes it is ... (In GNOME desktop, it is called the Deskbar applet.) The graphical user interface (GUI) is named Strigiclient ...
Software Widget - Information Flow of Desktop Widgets
... A desktop widget is a small footprint application, which resides on the user’s desktop using little desktop space and computer resources, such as HDD and RAM ... Basically, desktop widgets enable the user to view on demand, encapsulated information from predetermined data sources ... Ideally, a desktop widget must present personalized content, based on the user’s preferences ...