desktop computer

See also: Desktop-Computer

English

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.

Synonyms

• desktop

Related terms

• laptop
• palmtop
• microcomputer
• workstation
• personal computer

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 or 枱式機, 台式机 (táishìjī) (mainland China), 檯式電腦 or 枱式電腦, 台式电脑 (zh) (táishì diànnǎo) (mainland China), 桌上型電腦 (zh), 桌上型电脑 (zh) (zhuōshàngxíng diànnǎo) (Taiwan), 桌面電腦, 桌面电脑 (zhuōmiàn diànnǎo) (Taiwan)

• 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
• Japanese: デスクトップパソコン (desukutoppupasokon), デスクトップコンピューター (desukutoppukonpyūtā)
• Portuguese: computador de mesa (pt) m, computador de secretária (pt) m
• Russian: насто́льный компью́тер m (nastólʹnyj kompʹjútɛr)
• Spanish: computadora de escritorio f, ordenador de escritorio m, ordenador de sobremesa m
• Vietnamese: máy tính để bàn (vi)