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desktop

[desk-top] / ˈdɛskˌtɒp /
NOUN
desktop computer
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The researchers developed a physics based neural network that can run on a standard desktop computer.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Corning makes the glass for notebook computers, desktop monitors, televisions, and other information display applications.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Users will still be able to read e-books they have already downloaded, and their accounts and their Kindle Library will remain accessible on its mobile and desktop app.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

When desktop publishing arrived in the 1980s, he was a graphic designer using triangles and rubber cement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

I tapped my fingers on the desktop, preferring to fall back into my daydream of an earlier time filled with raised hands, muffled giggles, lessons yet to be learned, and lives yet to be lived.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool




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