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desktop

noun as in desktop computer

noun as in desktop publishing

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While Intel “has already pared back a lot of share losses in laptops,” Arya thinks the company faces an “urgent need” to update its desktop technology.

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The desktop computer transformed the labor market, for example, but for a while workers hunting and pecking on their keyboards didn’t know how to effectively use the technology.

It’s currently available for use on mobile, tablet and desktop.

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And Starbucks Korea warned this month that a minority of people are going further than just laptops, such as bringing in desktop monitors, printers, partitioning off desks or leaving tables unattended for long periods.

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Sitting there, square and silver, a little like an early-2000s desktop computer left to dream of glory, was a panini press.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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