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desktop

[desk-top] / ˈdɛskˌtɒp /
NOUN
desktop computer
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In the arrest raid, investigators seized multiple devices from his bedroom, including laptops, desktop computers, hard drives and USB storage devices.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

On the other side are the companies that buy that memory and build it into things they sell: game consoles, phones, laptops and the components inside a desktop computer.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

Nvidia already sells the DGX Spark, a desktop workstation for AI engineers that costs $4,699, but the new chip will be aimed at consumer devices, although likely at the premium end of the market.

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

Several years later, as Zuckerberg sought to transition Facebook’s desktop users to a new mobile app, he put Bosworth in charge of figuring out how to do the same for its advertising.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

He flicked his pen against the desktop, leaving little blue pockmarks in the aluminum.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer

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

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

In the 1970s, Banatao joined gatherings of the Homebrew Computer Club, a band of hobbyists and tinkerers that included Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and others who envisioned machines that could perch on desktops.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 15, 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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