Desktop may refer literally to the surface of a desk. A desk is a Furniture form and a class of table often used in a work or Office setting for reading or Writing on or using a Computer

The information technology term desktop may refer to:

• The area behind the windows in the desktop metaphor of computer user interfaces
• Desktop environment or software that provides a comprehensive computer user interface
• Desktop computer - An independent personal computer, as opposed to other forms of PCs, such as a mobile laptop or notebook
• A client piece of software is sometimes referred to as desktop to distinguish it from server

Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support The desktop metaphor is an Interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by Graphical user interfaces to help users more easily interact with the In graphical computing a desktop environment ( DE) commonly refers to a style of Graphical user interface (GUI that is based on the Desktop metaphor which A desktop computer is a Personal computer (PC in a form intended for regular use at a single location as opposed to a mobile Laptop or portable computer A laptop computer, also known as a notebook computer, is a small Personal computer designed for mobile use. A client is an application or system that accesses a remote service on another Computer system, known as a server, by way of a Network. A server is a Computer dedicated to providing one or more services over a computer network typically through a request-response routine

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