How to use desktop in a sentence

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• Where did I save that document? I can't find it on the desktop.From the entry save
• There are shortcuts to some of my favourite applications on my desktop.From the entry shortcut
• I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.From the entry minimize
• The bug affects mobile, but not desktop.From the entry mobile
• I grabbed a screenshot of my desktop.From the entry screenshot
• Since I only have one window open, I maximized the window so that the desktop is not visible.From the entry maximize
• The user's desktop is displayed shortly after logon.From the entry logon
• Buster plowed ahead with the laptop rollout, ignoring the protests of the workers who had only ever used desktop PC's.From the entry plow ahead
• Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.From the entry crash
• When the tears didn't come, she flicked on the desktop terminal and loaded up the query client.2022 September 15, HarryBlank, “The Mourning After”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 23 May 2024. From the entry entreaty
• A cluttered virtual desktop is as bad as a cluttered physical desktop.2011, Adam Pash, Gina Trapani, Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better. From the entry lolcat
• When you run a SWF using Flash Player on your desktop, it loads and runs the SWF.2010 December, Michael James Williams, “Introduction”, in Facebook Graph API Development with Flash, Birmingham: Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry SWF
• The zebrawood paneling is beginning to get the scratchiti veneer of a grade-school desktop.2008 March 20, Cintra Wilson, “Better Angel, Out of the Dressing Room!”, in New York Times. From the entry scratchiti
• The only force more powerful than the nuclear bunker-buster is the crash to desktop.2008, PC Gamer, volume 15, GP Publications, page 6. From the entry crash to desktop
• Virtual desktops allow you to stretch your screen real estate well beyond its normal size.2007, Preston Gralla, Big Book of Windows Hacks. From the entry real estate
• Web services are on the rise, favoring the "webtop" over the desktop in much new development.2007, Paul J. Deitel, C++ How to Program, page 34. From the entry webtop
• Finally, as if that wasn't punishment enough, the game crashed to desktop several times during my tests.2007, PC Gamer, volume 14, numbers 4-6, GP Publications, page 69. From the entry crash to desktop
• All have hot water, cable TV and free wi-fi (plus a desktop downstairs for the laptopless).2006, Paige R. Penland, Gary Chandler, Liza Prado, Nicaragua & El Salvador, Volume 10, page 332. From the entry laptopless
• It hides your icons so your desktop can be viewed in all its glory and splenditude.2004 October 18, Tim Thibeault, “Hereby *RESOLVED*...”, in alt.bad.clams (Usenet). From the entry splenditude
• To access channels in Windows 98, you don't have to go any farther than your desktop.1999, Margaret Levine Young, Internet: The Complete Reference. From the entry channel
• A desktop computer leaves changes in a dropbox on the network.1997, Alison Balter, Alison Balter's Mastering Access 97 Development, Sams Publishing, →ISBN, page 696. From the entry dropbox
• Microsoft and Apple’s two desktop operating systems have almost 90%.2024 May 4, John Naughton, “The internet is in decline – it needs rewilding”, in The Guardian. From the entry duopoly
• This was long before the days of desktop publishing, and you could hear him down the corridor absolutely hammering the keyboard."2023 January 25, Howard Johnston, “Peter Kelly: August 2 1944-December 28 2022”, in RAIL, number 975, page 47. From the entry hammer
• He would pick a desktop facing away from the wall so that nobody could look over his shoulder.2020 March 5, Yi-Ling Liu, “How a Dating App Helped a Generation of Chinese Come Out of the Closet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry come out
• In fact I have one on my desktop – right next to a couple of boxes of Kleenices.2017 May 8, Deb Amlen, quoting Peter A. Collins, “Filled With Tiny Bubbles”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times…. From the entry kleenices
• Multimedia applications are used on the average desktop.2012, Samarjit Chakraborty, Jorg Eberspacher (editors), Advances in Real-Time Systems, page 259. From the entry immediate real-time
• If you have a desktop computer, you can also get a cable with a different plug, or use a travel adapter.2011, Ubuntu 11.04 Unity Desktop Guide, →ISBN, page 201. From the entry travel adapter
• If your mouse pointer jumps around on-screen or doesn't move at all, your mouse is probably clogged with desktop gunk.2009, Andy Rathbone, Windows 7 For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 244. From the entry degunkify
• Eventually, this can cause the game to crash to desktop, but adding more memory can help prevent this.2008, Adam Oxford, Windows Vista - Autumn 2008, Future US, →ISSN, page 67. From the entry overflow
• The performance difference between desktops and lunchboxes was practically nil.2004, Scott Mueller, Upgrading and Repairing Laptops, page 20. From the entry lunchbox
• It might be possible for desktop technosynergic computers to supercompress an infinite number of calculations through synergic computing.2004, Keith N Ferreira, Simpletism. From the entry supercompress
• Probably because Micro$oft wants to retain a desktop monopoly in the face of superior technology avaialable on other platforms.2000 October 8, David Steuber, “Re: Comparing Perl and Java”, in comp.lang.perl.misc (Usenet). From the entry dom
• A wallpaper appears on your desktop in tiles.1997, Richard Dungworth, Philippa Wingate, Windows 3.1 & Windows 95 for Beginners, page 65. From the entry wallpaper
• Hello, I'm an IBMer thinking of selling my desktop IBM, and replacing it with some form of Macintosh.1994 October 10, Eric Gerstenberger, quoting Michael Alan Schaeffer, “Quadra 840AV”, in comp.sys.mac.hardware (Usenet), archived from the…. From the entry IBMer
• Compact "pizza box" personal computers with integrated components are more desirable since they occupy less precious and scarce desktop real estate.1991 March 12, William F. Zachmann, “A Case of Computer Design”, in PC Magazine. From the entry pizza box
• In some cases, the heavier transportables are replacing desktop PC models — but they are not leaving the office.1990, Computerworld, volume 24, number 21. From the entry transportable
• Things like the Tamagotchi, an inflatable coach, a Pizza Hut Book It coupon, and a desktop computer with a CD-ROM and dial-up modem noises.2023 March 5, Maura Judkis, “American Girl says ’90s are ancient history; girls agree”, in The Herald-Sun, pages 1C and 3C. From the entry Y2K

Meaning of desktop

1. noun The top surface of a desk.
2. noun A desktop computer.
3. noun A personal computer, as opposed to computers for business or server purposes.

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Questions about desktop in a sentence

How do you use desktop in a sentence?

Desktop is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “Laptops are often more expensive than desktops.”

What is a short sentence with desktop?

“Double-clicking this icon crashes the desktop.”

What does desktop mean?

Desktop means the top surface of a desk.