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desktop computer

NOUN
personal computer
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On the other side are the companies that buy that memory and build it into things they sell: game consoles, phones, laptops and the components inside a desktop computer.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

Microsoft's badge and the desktop device would connect to various Microsoft software and PCs, letting a person interact with their AI agents outside of a laptop or desktop computer.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Authorities searched his business in November 2019 and seized his desktop computer and other evidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2026

The desktop computer transformed the labor market, for example, but for a while workers hunting and pecking on their keyboards didn’t know how to effectively use the technology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

Then a technician comes in, pushing a small device the size of a desktop computer printer on a trolley.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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