In practical terms, this means you can run a program on a more powerful remote machine but display it on your desktop computer.
The GNOME desktop project is developing an icon-based file manager and other GUI facilities.
Entirely equipped to produce high quality desktop publishing, to process data for financial transactions, to visualize scientific phenomena, such machines require that we feed the data and run the program so that a meaningful output results.
Now that desktop capabilities and technologies that facilitate print on demand affordably reproduce print, old notions of property and ownership need to be redefined.
The computer desktop and various rapid prototyping tools brought execution closer to designers.
Then, with something like a look of relief on his blunt face, he snatched up a brochure from his kidney-shaped desktop and his eyes raced over the lettering on its face.
Then he reached across the desktop and tossed me the Amnesty.
William's desktop now proudly displayed his prototype Joey II system, which he used for all of his office work.
The ICP logo on the front of its desktop and portable computers makes them mentally compatible with its mainframe computers.
I can build you a desktop out of garbage for twenty bucks," Kurt said.
Plug them in and they show up on your desktop like a little hard drive.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "desktop" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
