1. desktop(n = noun.location) Array - the top of a desk; Array
is a kind of top, top side, upper side, upside
2. desktop(n = noun.artifact) background, screen background - (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear; Array
is a kind of crt screen, screen
desktop, n.
1 the working surface of a desk.
2 (attrib.) (esp. of a microcomputer) suitable for use at an ordinary desk.
Idiom:
desktop publishing the production of printed matter with a desktop computer and printer.