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:

  Mandarin: 桌上型電腦 (zh), 桌上型电脑 (zhuōshàngxíng diànnǎo)

• Finnish: pöytätietokone
• French: ordinateur de bureau (fr) m
• German: Desktop-Computer m
• Greek: επιτραπέζιος υπολογιστής m (epitrapézios ypologistís)
• Hungarian: asztali számítógép

• Icelandic: borðtölva f
• 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 m
• Russian: настольный компьютер m (nastólʹnyj kompʹjútɛr)
• Spanish: computadora de escritorio f