desktop

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the top of a desk
noun (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

From desk + top.

Who is responsible for silicon based biological warfare on desktop computers? — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
The beneficiary rose to his feet, seeming not to see the hand the old Judge had extended across the desktop toward him. — The best short stories of 1917, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
The beneficiary rose to his feet, seeming not to see the hand the old Judge had extended across the desktop toward him. — From Place to Place, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

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