would be more specific. See desktop computer. The desktop PC is a user's computer in a desktop or tower case in contrast to a portable computer. See laptop and tower case. A desktop PC may refer ...

(1) An application that runs stand-alone in a desktop or laptop computer. Contrast with "Web-based application," which requires the Web browser to run. The term may ...

A bank of blinking lights indicate the mysterious processes going on within: That classic symbol of a computer has lasted long after computers evolved into friendly desktop tools. This was not a ...