desktop computer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛsktɒpˌkəmˈpjuːtə/

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Noun

desktop computer (plural desktop computers)

1. A computer of a size designed to be used on a desk or table, as opposed to larger machines, such as mainframes, and smaller machines, such as laptops and palmtops.

   Synonym: desktop

   Hyponym: all-in-one

Related terms

• laptop
• microcomputer
• palmtop
• personal computer
• workstation

Translations

a computer of a size designed to be used on a desk

Chinese: Cantonese: 桌上電腦 / 桌上电脑 (coek3 soeng6 din6 nou5) Mandarin: 桌機 / 桌机 (zhuōjī), 檯式機 / 台式机 (táishìjī) or 枱式機 / 枱式机 (táishìjī), 台式机 (táishìjī) (mainland China), 檯式電腦 / 台式电脑 or 枱式電腦 / 枱式电脑, 台式电脑 (táishì diànnǎo) (mainland China), 桌上型電腦 / 桌上型电脑 (zh) (zhuōshàngxíng diànnǎo) (Taiwan), 桌面電腦 / 桌面电脑 (zhuōmiàn diànnǎo) (Taiwan) Danish: stationær computer Finnish: pöytätietokone French: ordinateur de bureau (fr) m Georgian: სამაგიდო კომპიუტერი (samagido ḳomṗiuṭeri) German: Desktop-Computer m Greek: επιτραπέζιος υπολογιστής m (epitrapézios ypologistís) Hungarian: asztali számítógép (hu) Icelandic: borðtölva f Ido: surtabla komputero Irish: ríomhaire deisce m Italian: computer fisso m Japanese: デスクトップパソコン (ja) (desukutoppu pasokon), デスクトップコンピューター (desukutoppu konpyūtā) Korean: 데스크톱 컴퓨터 (deseukeutop keompyuteo) Polish: blaszak (pl) m (colloquial) Portuguese: computador de mesa (pt) m, computador de secretária (pt) m Russian: насто́льный компью́тер (ru) m (nastólʹnyj kompʹjútɛr) Slovak: stolný počítač Spanish: computadora de escritorio f, computador fijo m, ordenador de sobremesa m Turkish: masaüstü bilgisayar Ukrainian: насті́льний комп'ю́тер m (nastílʹnyj kompʺjúter) Vietnamese: máy tính để bàn (vi)