desktop
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Up until then, managers had been reliant on the restaurant’s desktop systems, already overloaded with running all the back office restaurant operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
People in lower income brackets also are more likely to have a smartphone than a laptop or desktop computer, according to data from Pew Research Center.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Wait for desktop Macs, which need an upgrade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Nvidia already sells the DGX Spark, a desktop workstation for artificial-intelligence engineers that costs $4,699, but the upcoming announcement may be for reasonably-priced PCs.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Someone returned her pencil to her desktop, but Emily was too mortified to move or say thanks.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
Cybersecurity startup Ent has raised $100 million in seed funding to help companies gauge unusual behavior on desktops, laptops and other devices, shutting down potential data risks at lightning speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
RTX Spark-powered laptops and desktops, made by the likes of Dell and Lenovo, will be available this autumn, Nvidia said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
The Nvidia chip will be released in the fall, and will power desktops from companies including Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Once students started using desktops from prison classrooms, he pre-loaded academic articles onto thumb drives they could explore offline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025
These types of desktops have only recently started shipping in the States, and they’re, of course, way out of my price range.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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