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DESKTOP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
Synonyms:
background; desktop; screen background
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("desktop" is a kind of...):
CRT screen; screen (the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The top of a desk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("desktop" is a kind of...):
top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)
