Desktop

1. Common term used to describe a standard type of computer that is not easily portable and often left on or around your home or office desk. Additional information about computer cases can be found here.
2. When referring to an operating system or GUI, the Desktop is a system of organization of icons on a screen. The Microsoft Windows Desktop was first introduced with Microsoft Windows 95 and has been included with all versions of Windows since then. Below is a basic example of the Microsoft Windows desktop.

Windows 95 Desktop

As can be seen in the above example picture of the Microsoft Windows desktop. In this picture the blue and white clouds wallpaper and the icons on the left side of the picture above the Windows Taskbar is considered all part of the Windows Desktop.

Also see: CTD, Microcomputer, Nettop, Operating system definitions, Presentation manager, Slimline model