DESK TOPとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: dĕskʹ-tŏp, IPA: /ˈdɛsktɒp/
• (General Australian) IPA: [ˈdɛskˌtɔp]
• (英国発音) IPA: [ˈdɛskˌtɒp]
• (米国発音) IPA: [ˈdɛskˌtɑp]
• ハイフネーション: desk‧top

名詞

desktop (plural desktops)

1. The top surface of a desk.

   Coordinate terms: benchtop, tabletop

2. (computing) A desktop computer.

   Coordinate terms: laptop, palmtop

   Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.

3. (computing) A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.
4. (computing, graphical user interface) The main graphical user interface of an operating system, usually displaying icons, windows and background wallpaper.

   I installed a new application and it added its icon to my desktop.

   • 1994, Linda Mui, Valerie Quercia, X User Tools, page 312:

     Important menus, such as the root menu or Workspace menu, are "pinnable," which means that you can pin them up and keep them on your desktop […]

5. (computing, graphical user interface, synecdochically) The wallpaper of this interface.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:desktop.

派生語

形容詞

desktop (not comparable)

1. Designed for use on a desk or similar piece of furniture.
2. (computing) Of an application or website, designed to be run or viewed on a personal computer.

   desktop browser

派生語