DESKTOP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear

Synonyms:

background; desktop; screen background

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("desktop" is a kind of...):

CRT screen; screen (the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

Meaning:

The top of a desk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("desktop" is a kind of...):

top; top side; upper side; upside (the highest or uppermost side of anything)