Refimprove date June 2008 Image Computer aj aj ashton 01.svg framed right A stylized illustration of a desktop personal computer A desktopcomputer is a personal computer PC in a form intended for regular use at a single location, as opposed to a mobile laptop or portable computer . Prior to the widespread use of microprocessors, a computer that could fit on a desk was considered remarkably small. Desktop ... programmable calculator, the HP 9800 series desktop computers HP 9830A was actually an early desktopcomputer with printer. Early computers took the space of a room. Minicomputers generally fit ... all the other programs in a computer. Most of today s desktop computers have one of the three major ... desktopcomputer, although Mac OS X can be used on some computers that aren t Apple branded, the legality ... also Desktop replacement computer Laptop Personal computer Operating system Software References reflist External links wikibooks How To Assemble A Desktop PC http videos.howstuffworks.com computer tour video.htm HowStuffWorks Major components of a desktopcomputer http thepcreport.net tutorials know ... more about the parts of your computerComputer sizes DEFAULTSORT DesktopComputer Category Personal ... de sobretaula cs Desktop de DesktopComputer el es Computadora de escritorio ... it Computerdesktop kk hu Asztali sz m t g p ms Komputer atas meja ja ... factor models that can be tucked behind an Thin film transistor liquid crystal display LCD monitor . Desktop can also indicate a horizontally oriented computer case usually intended to have the display screen placed on top to save space on the desktop. Most modern desktop computers have separate screens and keyboards. Tower cases are desktop cases in the earlier sense, though not in the latter. Cases intended for home theater PC systems are usually considered to be desktop cases in both senses, regardless ... 9800 series desktop computers were fully programmable computers that fit entirely on top of a desk ... more details
Refimprove date July 2008 Infobox general name Desktop replacement computer image Acer Aspire 8920 Gemstone by Georgy.JPG caption A desktop replacement Acer Inc. Acer 8920 laptop with a 18.4 screen which can replace a desktop with its big screen. A desktop replacement computer DTR is a personal computer that provides the full capabilities of a desktopcomputer while remaining Mobile computing mobile . They are often larger, bulkier laptop s. Because of their increased size, this class of computer .... The forerunners of the desktop replacement were the portable computer s of the early to mid 1980s ... of the desktop models without requiring an external docking station . The development of the modern desktop replacement computer came with the realization that many laptops were used in a semi permanent ... may not reach the same performance levels as desktopcomputer s. Desktop replacement computers are, with a few ... to a desktopcomputer. References references div Computer sizes Category Portable computers cs ... range of desktop components to provide better performance at the expense of battery life. These are sometimes called desknotes , a portmanteau of the words desktop and notebook, though the term is also applied to desktop replacement computers in general. ref http www.news.com 2100 1040 979763.html Desktop notebooks stake their claim , accessed October 19, 2007 ref Origins Deleted image removed Image ... Computer from 1981 , accessed May 28, 2006 ref Kaypro II , the Compaq Portable ref http www.cedmagic.com .... ref http oldcomputers.net sx64.html Commodore SX 64 portable computer , accessed May 28, 2006 ref These computers contained the Central processing unit CPU , computer display display , floppy disk drive and power supply all in a single briefcase like enclosure. Similar in performance to the desktop ... to portable computer development. Many early laptops were feature limited in the interest of portability ... pointing devices. The first laptop that could be used as an only computer was the PowerBook 500 series ... more details
lowercase title iPAQ desktopcomputer Cleanup date January 2011 The iPAQ Desktop Personal Computer in its various incarnations was a Legacy free PC produced by the Compaq Compaq Computer Corporation around the year 2000. The Compaq iPAQ was primarily designed to be a portable desktopcomputer that could be used as a simple internet capable computer. Hardware File IPaqLegacyFreeFront.jpg thumb iPaq Desktop Front File IPaqLegacyBack.jpg thumb iPaq Desktop Legacy Rear The iPAQ had very few limitations on upgradability hard drives, memory RAM , Central processing unit CPU and Multi Bay drives can be readily interchanged, though the iPAQ did not contain sockets for expansion cards. It featured an interchangeable Multi Bay slot that could accept a 3.5 inch SuperDisk drive the only way to read a floppy disk standard Multi Bay floppy drives do NOT work , optical drives, or a secondary hard disk device. The slot was the same as those found on many Compaq Armada and many other HP Compaq laptop computer systems. By a method of convection for cooling, these computers are commonly found in office environments due to their low noise Decibel dB output. The iPAQ ran on either an Intel Pentium III processor or on an Intel Celeron processor ranging from 500 Hertz MHz to 1 Hertz GHz processing speed. It had memory ranging from 128 Megabyte MB to 512 MB s user upgradable. Strangely enough, if you attempt to upgrade the RAM past 512, it will display a message telling you to decrease the RAM in the system to the maximum allowed. The first version came in two different models, Legacy free which had no parallel, serial, or PS 2 ports and instead 3 additional USB ports on the back and the traditional ... must be connected in order for the computer to boot. This can be bypassed with a couple of BIOS ... File IPaqBack.jpg thumb 50x50px iPaq Desktop Legacy Free Rear File IPaqDesktopv2Front.jpg thumb 50x50px iPaq Desktop v2 Front File IPaqLegacyFreeBack.jpg thumb 50x50px iPaq Desktop v2 Rear iPAQ Desktops ... more details
Wiktionary desktopDesktop refers to the surface of a desk . The term has been adopted as an adjective to distinguish office appliances such as photocopiers and printers which can be fitted on top of a desk, from larger equipment covering its own area on the floor. Desktop may also refer to Desktopcomputer , a personal computer designed to fit on a desk Pizza box form factor , a design of computer case Desktop metaphor , especially the area behind the windows in a GUI using this metaphor Desktop environment , software that provides a comprehensive computer user interface Client computing , sometimes referred to as desktop to distinguish from the server disambig ca Escriptori de Desktop es Escritorio desambiguaci n ko it Desktop ja pl Desktop pt Desktop ru sk Desktop tr Desktop ... more details
ISYS desktop is an enterprise class desktop search tool designed to find information on individual Personal computer PCs as well as across corporate computer network networks , database s and proprietary systems. It was originally introduced in 1989 by ISYS Search Software as a search and retrieval tool for DOS . External links Official website http www.isys search.com products desktop index.html DEFAULTSORT Isys Desktop Category Desktop search engines ... more details
The Elixir Desktop was a graphical user interface environment created in the mid to late 1980s by Elixir Technologies Corporation ref Citation title Elixir Technologies url http www.elixir.com ref . The Elixir Desktop married the user interface metaphors of the Xerox Star Xerox Star 8010 icons, windows with the Graphical Environment Manager GEM graphics environment from Digital Research Digital Research Inc. ref Citation title Desktop History Tree publisher The DigiBarn Computer Museum url http www.digibarn.com stories desktop history bushytree.html ref running on an IBM Personal Computer PC and compatible hardware. The Elixir Desktop was one of the first full graphical interfaces to run on a DOS based PC. The advent of Microsoft Windows 3.0 in 1990 supplanted early graphical desktop environments such as Elixir Desktop. The Elixir Desktop was ported to the Microsoft Windows Windows platform and ran as an embedded application until the early 2000s. Elixir Desktop tools are now replaced by Elixir DesignPro Tools for Windows. References reflist references External links http www.digibarn.com stories elixir story index.html Digibarn A Brief Telling of the Elixir Story http www.elixir.com proddesignpro frm.htm Elixir DesignPro Tools for Windows page http www.elixir.com Elixir Technologies Corporation Category Desktop environments Category Windows software Windows software stub desktop environment stub ... more details
Deleted image removed Image Customization linux.jpg thumb right 300px Desktop Customization on the Linux operating system Unreferenced date October 2007 Desktop customization is a term that describes the customization of a personal computerdesktop environment . Customization can be carried out on different desktop environment in different ways. Popular desktop environments are Windows XP , GTK , Gnome and KDE . GTK, Gnome and KDE are environments found on the Linux Linux Operating system . Customization can include wallpapers, window styles, Widget engine widgets , gadgets , icons and skinned application software applications . You can check it in http customize desktop.blogspot.com Tutorial Customize Desktopdesktop environment stub Category Personal computing Category Desktop environments ... more details
Infobox Windows component name Active Desktop logo screenshot screenshot size caption included with operating systems up to Windows Server 2003 replaces replaced by Windows Sidebar and Windows Desktop Gadgets related components Refimprove date August 2009 Active Desktop was a feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 Internet Explorer 4.0 s optional Windows Desktop Update that allows the user to add Hypertext Markup Language HTML content to the desktop metaphor desktop , along with some other features ... 6.x , but not Internet Explorer 7 . Users can add HTML both in place of the regular Computer wallpaper wallpaper and as independent resizable desktop items . Items available on line can be regularly ... Desktop works much like desktop widget technology in that it allows users to place customized information on their desktop. History Image with inadequate rationale removed Image Windows98.png thumb 240px The Channel Bar, appearing in Windows 98 , is an Active Desktop item The introduction of the Active Desktop marked Microsoft s attempt to capitalize on the short lived push technology trend led by PointCast dotcom PointCast . Active Desktop placed a number of channels on the user s computerdesktop metaphor desktop that provided continually updated information, such as news headlines and stock quotes, without requiring the user to open a Web browser . Active Desktop debuted during the 1997 ... Windows Desktop Update offered to users during the upgrade install. While the Windows Desktop Update is commonly referred to improperly as Active Desktop itself, it is actually an entire Windows shell ... 98. Features include the option to allow uppercase filenames the old v4.0 desktop would forcibly ... Internet addresses can be entered and seamlessly browsed. Active Desktop was largely considered ... Desktop was key to Microsoft s legal argument in the United States Microsoft antitrust case United ... a separate product. Later usage Windows Vista has replaced the Active Desktop with Windows Sidebar Now ... more details
... ref , as a concept , separates a personal computerdesktop environment from a physical machine using a client server model of computing. The model stores the resulting virtualized desktop on a remote ...Desktop virtualization sometimes called client virtualization ref See for example cite book last Lamb ... Education location isbn 9780137150830 page 95 pages 317 quote ... client, or desktop, virtualization ... desktop client, all of the programs, applications, processes, and data used are kept and run ... personal computer , notebook computer , smartphone , or thin client . In simple terms, virtual ... using remote desktop software. Virtual desktop infrastructure, sometimes referred to as virtual desktop interface ref cite web url http www.networkworld.com community node 38582 title Virtual Desktop ... computing model enabling desktop virtualization, encompassing the hardware and software systems ... Alternative Desktop Models Desktop Software publisher InformationWeek date accessdate 2010 03 17 ref Technical definition Desktop virtualization ref cite web url http www.networkworld.com news 2009 112409 vdi desktop virtualization cheat sheet.html title Desktop virtualization cheat sheet publisher ... desktop environment, and may also be based upon an entirely different operating system. The desktop ... individualized desktops on a single, centrally located computer or server. The central machine ... Internet. VDI Virtual desktop infrastructure VDI is the practice of hosting a desktop operating ... Inc. Citation needed date February 2011 Uses A simple use for desktop virtualization involves remote administration where the controlling computer will work almost the same as on a duplicate desktop, except that the actions of the controlling computer may be almost unnoticeable on the remote computer display. This differs from simple remote desktop software in that several people can use the same controlling computer at once, without disturbing each others work. This could be useful for several ... more details
relevant during large scale desktop visualisation deployment. ref http www.computerweekly.com Articles 2010 09 09 242676 Cisco and Citrix team up on desktop virtualisation.htm Computer Weekly news article on how Cisco and Citrix have teamed up for desktop visualisation ref ref http csc.com newsroom press releases 3341 csc announces csc dynamic desktop solution with citrix systems CSC and Citrix announcing their Dynamic Desktop solution ref See also Context awareness Workspace virtualization Desktopcomputer Virtual desktop UltraXML Desktop virtualization References reflist Category Microsoft ...Dynamic desktop is a Windows based workspace physical local desktops ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki Desktopcomputer Definition of Desktopcomputer ref or virtual desktops ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki Virtual desktop Definition of Virtual desktop ref virtual desktop service , ref http csc.com au ds 11411 22042 dynamicdesktop CSC definition terming it as a virtual desktop service ref ref http csc.com outsourcing offerings 33785 34710 csc dynamic desktop CSC link on part definition ref which is aware ref Context awareness A key feature of Dynamic Desktops is that they are Context Aware ref of the situation or context ref http www.gartner.com technology research reports context aware computing 2010.jsp Gartner Group also defines Context Aware computing and have gathered relevant research ref in which the user is operating at any given time and dynamically adjusts the content and appearance of the workspace accordingly. ref http www.citrix.com English NE news news.asp?newsID 38807 Citrix ... csc.com outsourcing offerings 33785 34710 csc dynamic desktop CSC Dynamic Desktop link ref ref http ... desktop with Windows Client solutions ref ref http www.microsoft.com systemcenter en us dynamic ... ref Where traditional desktops are static and device centric, the dynamic desktop is user centric ... Dynamic desktops form a part of the technology space termed as virtual desktop administration ... more details
Ximian Desktop was a GNOME based desktop environment from Ximian . It was made to be suitable for Desktopcomputerdesktop and office productivity environment, and it enabled businesses to use Linux and open source software for daily work. Rather than being a complete Linux distribution, it was designed to fit on top of existing distributions, such as Red Hat and SUSE Linux Suse . It comprised the following modules Productivity Novell s edition of OpenOffice.org Office suite, Mozilla Firefox web browser, and more. Communication Novell Evolution and Novell GroupWise for collaboration, Pidgin software Gaim for multi network instant messaging. Enterprise ready Novell Linux Desktop 9 with Service Pack 2 is fully enterprise ready, with iPrint , Novell ZENworks integration, and more. Developer friendly Free Software development kit SDK available at http developer.novell.com developer.novell.com Category Novell software GNOME stub Linux stub ... more details
Image knotes.png thumb Screenshot of Knotes, a desktop note application for KDE Desktop notes are computer applications that allow putting Post it note like windows on the screen, with reminders, short notes and other clippings. They are typically rectangular and yellow, like their real world counterpart, but most applications support other colours and more elaborate designs. The earliest known desktop note application is Stickies software Stickies , which was developed for the Apple Macintosh Macintosh by Jens Alfke and included by Apple in System 7 Macintosh System 7 in 1994. ref cite web url http jens.mooseyard.com 1997 04 they made me an offer i couldnt refuse title They Made Me An Offer I Couldn t Refuse author Jens Alfke date April 13, 1997 work Thought Palace publisher accessdate January 18, 2010 ref A number of applications have duplicated the functionality of Stickies on other platforms. Mac OS X has its own built in desktop note functionality through Dashboard software Dashboard , an application that has notes and other desktop widgets . On Microsoft Windows , desktop note applications have been included by default since Windows Vista , which has the Notes gadget . ref http vista.gallery.microsoft.com vista SideBar.aspx?mkt en us Windows Vista Sidebar ref It is used as part ... repositioned on the screen. On Linux , desktop notes have existed for quite some time. The GNOME Desktop GNOME desktop, which is used by default on Ubuntu OS Ubuntu , has a built in sticky notes feature available, whereas KDE K Desktop Environment has a desktop notes application called Knote. Examples ... Notezilla Desktop Sticky Notes shareware http livalabs.com Liva Notes for Windows shareware http ... Source http www.wihsoftware.com wihdesk.shtml Desktop WIHminders shareware http livalabs.com Desktop ... See also Desk Accessory Desktop widget Stickies software Stickies Web annotation References reflist Category Desktop widgets ... more details
2008, Google Desktop features the following functionality File indexing After initially installing Google Desktop, the software completes an indexing of all the files in the computer. After the initial ... privacy. If Google Desktop V.3 is set to allow Search Across Computers , files on an indexed computer ...Infobox Software name Google Desktop logo File Google Desktop logo.png Google Desktop s logo screenshot File GoogleSidebar Vista.png The GDS Sidebar sits on the user s desktop and displays relevant information. caption The GDS Sidebar sits on the user s desktop and displays relevant information. Google Desktop on Microsoft Windows Vista developer Google latest release version 5.9.1005.12335 latest release date operating system Cross platform genre Desktop search license Proprietary website http desktop.google.com desktop.google.com Google Desktop is desktop search software made by Google for Linux , Mac OS X , and Microsoft Windows . The program allows text searches of a user s e mails, computer ... in an web browser Internet browser on the Google Desktop Home Page much like the results for Google Web searches. Google Desktop can index several different types of data, including Google Desktop ... desktop.google.com plugins c index all.html?hl en ref Google Desktop allows the user to control which types of data are indexed by the program. Google Desktop only indexes 100,000 files per drive during ... Desktop won t index all of them during this initial period. However, Google Desktop adds files to the index ... bin answer.py?hl en&answer 13754 I can t find Files Desktop for Windows Help Google ref Sidebar A prominent feature of Google Desktop is the Sidebar computing Sidebar , which holds several common Gadgets and resides off to one side of the desktop. The Sidebar is available with the Microsoft Windows and Linux versions of Google Desktop. The Sidebar comes pre installed with the following gadgets ... title will dock it to one s sidebar. Like the Windows Taskbar, the Google Desktop sidebar can ... more details
unreferenced date March 2008 A crash to desktop or CTD is a crash computing computer program crash which is said to occur when a computer program program commonly a video game unexpectedly quits, abruptly taking the user back to the desktop metaphor desktop . Usually, the term is applied only to crashes where no error is Electronic visual display display ed, hence all the user sees as a result of the crash is the desktop. Many times there is no apparent action that causes a CTD. During normal function, the game may Hang computing freeze for a shorter period of time, and then close by itself. Also during normal function, the game may become a black Screen of Death black screen and play the last few seconds of sound depending on the size of the data buffer that was being played repeatedly before it crashes to desktop. Other times it may appear to be Event driven programming trigger ed by a certain action, such as loading an area. The CTD bugs are considered particularly problematic for users. Since they frequently display no error message, it can be very difficult to track down the source of the problem, especially if the times they occur and the actions taking place right before the CTD do not appear to have any pattern or common ground. One way to track down the source of CTDs for games is to run them in windowed mode. Windows Vista has a feature that can help track down the cause of a CTD problem when it occurs on any program. clarify date December 2010 Windows XP also included a similar feature as well. clarify date December 2010 Some computer programs, such as StepMania and BBC s Bamzooki , also crash to desktop if in full screen, but displays the error in a separate window when the user has returned to the desktop. Crashes are usually caused by website failure or system ... Graphical user interfaces Category Computer jargon Category Computer errors Category Software anomalies sv Crash to Desktop Windows software stub ... more details
Central Desktop, Isaac and Arnulf started Upgradebase in 1997, a product data provider to the computer and consumer electronics industry, and Vendorbase in 1999, a B2B marketplace for computer ...Infobox Software name Central Desktop logo Image CDLogo2010.GIF 180px screenshot Image Central desktop dashboard.JPG 280px caption A dashboard view, seen within Central Desktop developer Central Desktop operating system Cross platform genre Collaborative software website http centraldesktop.com www.centraldesktop.com Central Desktop, Inc. is a privately held collaboration software company that is headquartered in Pasadena, California. The company s primary focus is providing a Software as a Service collaboration tool to small and medium sized businesses. The company and its products are most often compared to other wiki based and project centric solutions such as SharePoint and Basecamp software ... 02 03 central desktop ref In December 2006, the company accused Google of unfairly competing against ... Central Desktop received 7 million in first round funding from OpenView Venture Partners ref http www.openviewpartners.com ref in April 2008. ref http techcrunch.com 2008 04 16 central desktop takes 7 million ref Products Central Desktop is offered in three editions Workgroup, Enterprise and Community. ref http www.cmswire.com cms document management central desktop saas collaboration now available ..., Central Desktop 2.0. New features in Central Desktop 2.0 include an online file viewer that supports ... type into a downloadable PDF document. ref http www.fiercecio.com techwatch story central desktop unveils 2 0 upgrade 2010 02 23 ref Central Desktop product features include Wikis WYSIWYG editing ... office suite References references External links http www.centraldesktop.com Central Desktop official website http cdblog.centraldesktop.com Central Desktop blog http forum.centraldesktop.com Central Desktop official forum Category Groupware Category Network related software Category Networking software ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Desktop alerting is a relatively young sector of information logistics , where information is sent to an application that displays its content directly on the user s computerDesktop metaphor desktop . Typically, the alert is delivered to a client computing client computer from a central provider. The client is either an opt in software product, for example an RSS reader, or an Enterprise software Enterprise Class software product in a local area network LAN . As a workplace tool, desktop alerting can serve as tool for reliable information distribution. Desktop alerting has become popular among military, administrative, corporate and academic organizations. Conceptual A desktop alert is an electronic message sent to computers over a local network or over the internet. Techniques used to deliver the message vary, but the end result is usually the appearance of a message on the end user s desktop. Each recipient s computer typically has a client application installed and running during the entire user session. Targeting recipients can be accomplished by Lightweight ... s for private users. Can be from a commercial or corporate point of view, desktop alerting ... over a computer network to a client computer. The transport protocol depends on the application. In earlier versions of Windows operating systems, the NET protocol was able to deliver desktop alerts in corporate .... Fields of application Desktop alerting has several fields of application. Commercial applications can ... Desk to users in a corporate network or advertisement to consumers. Desktop alert messages can .... See also Information logistics Net send http www.cordaware.com Cordaware bestinformed Desktop Alert & Emergency Notification Software http www.spydaman.com ACEmessage ACEmessage Desktop Alert Software http www.optini.com www.OPTINI.com OPT IN Desktop and Browser based alert software http www.desktopalert.net www.DesktopAlert.net Desktop Alert Software References references Category Office suites ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Desktop outsourcing is the process where a Company firm , U.S. Government agency Government Agency , or Non profit organization non profit contracts a third party to maintain and manage one or more of its computing equipment components and software maintenance . Justification for desktop outsourcing could include shifting focus and energy to areas of core competency, reducing staffing costs, and the Planned maintenance routine maintenance , upgrades, and repairs associated with managing multitudes of Computer system PC systems and Server computing servers or a combination of both Applegate et al. 2007 . References reflist Corporate Information Strategy and Management. Applegate, Lynda, Austin, Robert, McFarlan, Warren F. 2007 . New York McGraw Hill Companies, Inc. ISBN 0 07 063584 6 Littman, Dan. Outsourcing the desktop Outsourcing desktop management can shave costs while bringing relief to an assortment of infrastructure management headaches . IDG Publishing Network, Inc. 6 February 2006. 18 April 2008. http www.infoworld.com article 06 02 06 74669 06FEoutdesk 3.html . External links http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 14027181 ITM Outsourcing the desktop Outsourcing desktop management can shave costs while bringing relief to an assortment of infrastructure management headaches. case studies on outsourcing Category Business process Outsourcing Category Business terms Category Information technology management Business term stub ... more details
Infobox general name Desktop Linux image Gnome 2.20 screenshot.png caption The GNOME desktop environment, one of the most popular Linux desktops Desktop Linux , also called Linux on the desktop , refers to specialized Linux distributions with features designed for desktop personal computer users. These features ... computer. Year of Desktop Linux Since at least 2000, a meme known as 20XX will be the year of Linux on the desktop or year of the Linux desktop YoLD has been published by a number of tech related magazines ... have targeted the desktop role specifically, while others include all the software available for the platform. In that case, the user will be given the choice to select either a desktop or server type when the operating system is installed. History See also History of free software Desktop Historically ... computer mainframes , and workstation s in corporate or scientific environments. Beginning ... their systems for low end desktop computers. Desktop environments See also Linux adoption On desktop computers l1 Desktop adoption of Linux Image KDE 4.png thumb KDE desktop environment Linux offers many desktop alternatives. The most popular desktop environments are GNOME , KDE , Xfce and LXDE . These are rather large collections of desktop programs, rather than bare bones X window manager window ... a desktop metaphor . All of these environments allow the user to set many personal preferences and to perform ... dimensional cube. Regardless of the source, all Linux desktop applications use the X Window System ... 2008 05 13 last About, Inc authorlink year 2008 ref Desktop Linux environments have been improving ... which find their greatest use on desktop Linux distributions. It can also refer to a breakthrough in the number of pre installed Linux distributions on personal computer s being sold by PC manufacturers ... 2008 year of the linux desktop title 2008 Year of the Linux Desktop accessdate 2008 05 23 last ... ubuntucat the linux desktop myth title The Linux Desktop Myth accessdate 2008 08 31 last ... more details
takes place when the computer is idle and most search applications can be set to suspend it if a portable computer is running on batteries, in order to save power. When indexing the files, desktop search ... right Apple Inc s Spotlight software Spotlight is an example of a desktop search tool. Desktop search is the name for the field of search tools which search the contents of a user s own computer files ... of the main advantages of desktop search programs is that search results arrive in a few seconds ... service by default. A variety of desktop search programs are now available see List of search engines Desktop search engines this list for examples. Desktop search is emerging as a concern ... on an end user s PC, the files and directories they ve created on a Computer network network , documents ... Security special report Who sees your data? , Computer Weekly ref Moreover, many companies have structured ... is an example of a desktop search tool for Windows. Companies doing business in the United States .... This creates a challenge for IT organizations, which may not have a desktop search standard ... oriented desktop search tools make it possible to generate indexes outside the corporate Firewall computing ... November 2009 Technologies Desktop search engines build and maintain an Index search engine index database ... term goals for desktop search include the ability to search the contents of image files, sound files ... 3952285.stm Search wars hit desktop computers . Oct 2004 BBC News ref According to market analysts ... can not choose any competitor s desktop search program over the built in one, an agreement was reached ... to choose between the built in and other desktop search programs, and select which one is to be the default. ref http goebelgroup.com searchtoolblog 2007 06 20 microsoft agrees to change vista desktop search tool Microsoft agrees to change Vista Desktop Search Tool Jun 2007 ref See also List of search engines Desktop search engines List of desktop search engines References http ims.dei.unipd.it ... more details
Remote Desktop may refer to Apple s Apple Remote Desktop Microsoft s Terminal Services Remote Desktop Connection Microsoft s Remote Desktop Protocol Remote desktop software Remote Desktop Software disambig de Remote Desktop ja Remote Desktop ... more details
Infobox software name ROX Desktop logo screenshot Image rox desktop 2004.png 250px caption A screenshot of the ROX desktop developer latest release version 1.4 latest release date release date and age df yes 2008 12 30 operating system Microsoft Windows and Unix like operating systems programming language C programming language C , Python programming language Python genre Desktop environment license GNU General Public License website http www.roscidus.com desktop home www.roscidus.com desktop home The ROX Desktop is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System . It is based on the ROX Filer which is a drag and drop spatial file manager . It is free software released under the GNU General ... be installed or removed easily using Zero Install . The desktop The ROX Desktop is a desktop environment ... executable directories , and are thus also Installation computer programs installed copied , uninstalled ... comp.sys.acorn.misc Re ROX desktop ref and is still led by him in 2009. The desktop uses ... genre File manager license GNU General Public License website http roscidus.com desktop ROX Filer ROX ... manager, or can be used as part of ROX Desktop. It is the file manager provided by default in certain ... Free software Comparison of X Window System desktop environments Package management system References Reflist 2 Bruce Byfield 7 February 2007 http www.linux.com archive feed 59961 ROX Desktop provides ... user.de ausgabe 2002 07 068 desktopia rox 2.html RISC rocks. Jo s alternativer Desktop ROX LinuxUser External links http rox.sourceforge.net ROX home page http roscidus.com desktop ROX Filer Project website X desktop environments and window managers FOSS File managers Interlang Use dmy dates date October 2010 Use British English date October 2010 DEFAULTSORT Rox Desktop Categories Category Free desktop environments Category Free file managers Category Free software programmed in C Category ... ROX Desktop fr ROX Desktop it ROX Desktop pl Rox ru ROX Desktop ... more details
Desktop metaphor The desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interface s to help users more easily interact with the computer. The desktop metaphor treats the computer display monitor of a computer as if it is the user s desk top, upon ... be opened into a window computing window , which represents a paper copy of the document placed on the desktop ... calculator or notepad, etc. The desktop metaphor itself has been extended and stretched with various implementations, since access to features and usability of the computer are usually more important than maintaining the purity of the metaphor . Hence we find trash cans on the desktop, as well ... on a desktop . Other features such as menu bar s, task bar s, or Dock computing dock s have no counterpart on a real world desktop. History File KDE 4.png thumb Latest version of KDE , using Plasma KDE Plasma as the desktop. The desktop metaphor was first introduced by Alan Kay at Palo Alto Research ... by PARC scientists throughout the ensuing decade. The first commercial computer that adopted this kind of interface was the Xerox Star . One of the very first desktop like interfaces on the market was a program called Magic Desk I built on a cartridge for the Commodore 64 home computer in 1983. A very primitive GUI presented a rough sketch of a desktop, complete with telephone, drawers, calculator, etc. The user made his choices by moving a Sprite computer graphics sprite of a hand pointing ..., organiser, and the files could be archived into the drawers of the desktop, right into their folders. A trashcan was also present. The first computer to popularise the desktop metaphor over the earlier command line interface was the Apple Macintosh in 1984. The desktop metaphor is ubiquitous in modern day personal computing it is found in most desktop environment s of modern operating systems Microsoft Windows Windows as well as Mac OS X , Linux , and other Unix like systems. BeOS observed the desktop ... more details
the size of a computer s Desktop metaphor desktopdesktop environment environment is expanded beyond ... Window System in 1989. Virtual Desktop was originally a trademark of Solbourne Computer . ref Thomas ... interfaces Category User interface techniques cs Virtu ln plocha de DesktopComputer Virtueller Desktop ...About software that creates a virtualized environment between the computer platform and its operating system Virtual machine virtual machines running desktop environments Desktop virtualization Cleanup ... desktops using the Compiz window manager. In computing , a virtual desktop is a term used with respect .... ref Rather than simply being placed at an x, y position on the computer s display, windows of running applications are then placed at x, y positions on a given virtual desktop context . They are then only accessible to the user if that particular context is enabled. A switching desktop provides ... on the computer s display at any given time. List of notable X window managers that provide ... Desktops Other kinds of virtual desktop environments do not offer discrete virtual screens, but instead make it possible to pan around a desktop that is larger than the available hardware is capable ..., the virtual desktop manager may allow windows to be placed off the edge of the screen. The user ... scrolling desktops fvwm The desktop motion is jumpy with this implementation tvtwm vtwm GiMeSpace Desktop Extender for Windows BigScreen 360Desktop Implementation Virtual desktop managers are available ... wallpapers for each virtual desktop and use of hotkeys or other convenient methods to allow the user to switch amongst the different screens. Amiga The first platform to implement multiple desktop ... and desktop video video production market. All Amigas supported multiple in memory screens ... for a list of reference material. Each desktop or screen could have its own colour depth number of available ... on a PC could switch between these desktop modes on the fly, and during the drawing of a single screen ... more details
file systems folder s, computer wallpaper wallpaper s and Widget engine desktop widgets see Elements ...Cleanup date October 2009 In graphical computing, a desktop environment DE commonly refers to a style of graphical user interface GUI derived from the desktop metaphor that is seen on most modern personal computers. ref name autogenerated1 http www.csdl.tamu.edu l0f0954 academic cpsc610 hw2 3.htm Desktop ... line interface CLI is still used when full control over the OS is required in such cases. A desktop ... and drop functionality and other features that make the desktop metaphor more complete. A desktop environment aims to be an intuitive way for the user to interact with the computer using concepts .... While the term desktop environment originally described a style of user interfaces following the desktop ... learn.clemsonlinux.org wiki Window managers and desktop environments Window managers and desktop environments Linux 101 Bot generated title ref This usage has been popularized by the Common Desktop Environment and the KDE K Desktop Environment . Implementation On a system that offers a desktop environment ... graphically with the application in a consistent way. History and common use The first desktop ... by Xerox to be a personal office computer it failed in the marketplace because of poor marketing ... ref With the Apple Lisa Lisa , Apple Inc. Apple introduced a desktop environment on an affordable personal computer . On personal computer s the most popular desktop environments are the one included with the Microsoft Windows operating system followed by the desktop environment of Mac OS X . When compared with desktop environments for Linux, the ones included with these operating systems are relatively ... PCs that use the X Window System . These machines support many X11 based desktop environments. Desktop ... systems such as Linux , the desktop environment is much more flexible. In this context, a desktop environment ... and libraries for managing the desktop. All of these individual modules can be exchanged and individually ... more details
unreferenced date April 2008 Image A2000.jpg thumb right An Amiga 2000 desktop video system. The CPU unit is to the right with the monitor sitting on a VCR . Desktop video refers to a phenomenon lasting from the mid 1980s to the early 1990s when the graphics capabilities of personal computers such as Commodore s Amiga , the Apple Macintosh II and specially upgraded IBM PC compatibles had advanced to the point where individuals and local broadcasters could use them for analog signal analog non linear editing and vision mixing in video production . Description There were multiple models of genlock cards available to synchronise the content the Newtek Video Toaster was commonly used in Amiga and PC systems, while Mac systems had the SuperMac Video Spigot and Radius computer Radius VideoVision cards. Apple later introduced the Macintosh Quadra 840AV and Centris 660AV systems to specifically address this market. Desktop video was a parallel development to desktop publishing and enabled many small production houses and local TV stations to produce their own original content for the first time. Desktop video meant that television advertising on public access cable TV , which had not been affordable before, became possible for local businesses such as real estate agents, contractors and auto dealers. As with the phrase desktop publishing , use of the term died out as the technologies it referred to became the norm for any kind of video production. External links http www.amazon.com Amiga desktop video Steven Anzovin dp 0874551714 book http www.archive.org details desktopvideo video segment from 1990 archive.org http developers.slashdot.org article.pl?sid 04 02 08 1849200 Source of Amiga Video Toaster Software Released Slashdot http lloydyweb.com vintage graphic design in television the computer revolution.php the early use of personal computers at the BBC Category Broadcasting Category Home video Category Film and video terminology Category Film and video technology internet ... more details
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