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KDE

KDE proper noun: a computer desktop environment that runs on Unix and Linux.

Proper noun

KDE

  1. A computer desktop environment that runs on Unix and Linux.
    • The KDE MIDI/Karaoke file player allows you to play .mid and .kar files if your sound card has hardware support for raw MIDI files.2006, Michael Jang, Mastering Red Hat Linux 9, page 529
  2. The free software community that develops KDE and other software.

Origin of KDE

Initialism of K Desktop Environment.

Questions about KDE

What does KDE mean?
KDE means a computer desktop environment that runs on Unix and Linux.
What part of speech is KDE?
KDE is a proper noun.

Words near KDE in the dictionary

  1. KDA
  2. kdalton
  3. kdaltons
  4. KDB
  5. KDD
  6. KDE
  7. KDF
  8. KDFs
  9. KDIGO
  10. kdm.
  11. kdms.

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