desktop
C1UK /ˈdesktɒp/US /ˈdesktɑːp/
Meaning
noun
a screen on a computer that shows the icons of programs and files that can be used
“desktop icons”
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“This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras.”
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This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras.
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