desktop environment

collocation in English

meaningsofdesktopandenvironment

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desktop
noun
uk
/ˈdesk.tɒp/us
/ˈdesk.tɑːp/
a view on a computer screen that contains icons (= small symbols or pictures) representing files, programs, and other features of ...
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environment
noun
uk
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/us
/ɪnˈvaɪ.rən.mənt/
the air, water, and land in or on which people, animals, and ...
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(Definition ofdesktopandenvironmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdesktop environment

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An alternative shell may afford the user adesktopenvironmentwith different functionality, a different workflow, or customization options.
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Citrix provides the ability to store thedesktopenvironmentcentrally and publish it to remote users.
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This restores the more traditionaldesktopenvironmentwith marginal improvements.
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It mimics the look, feel and functionality of thedesktopenvironmentof an operating system.
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Not all of the program code that is part of adesktopenvironmenthas effects which are directly visible to the user.
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Thedesktopenvironmentwas seen mostly on personal computers until the rise of mobile computing.
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The component also provides labeled security features in adesktopenvironment.
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A webtop integrates web applications, web services, clientserver applications, application servers, and applications on the local client into adesktopenvironmentusing the desktop metaphor.
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Such a shared library may be built into the operating system or thedesktopenvironment, or may be added later.
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This can cause problems when trying to play back a macro if the user'sdesktopenvironmenthas changed.
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Most guides limit themselves to defining a common look and feel for applications in a particulardesktopenvironment.
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Implementations may also be provided for non real-time operating systems, allowing the abstracted software to be developed and tested in a developer friendlydesktopenvironment.
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Browserless concept integrates web applications with thedesktopenvironment.
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Customization can be carried out on differentdesktopenvironmentin different ways.
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This usually means that virtually every component of thedesktopenvironmentincluding the file manager explicitly depends on that library for its functioning.
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The assumption is that there can be no perfect, bug-freedesktopenvironment.
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Users can install and run their owndesktopenvironmentif they choose.
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The goal of the project is to provide adesktopenvironmentthat is fast and energy efficient.
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A sophisticated user might want a highly configurabledesktopenvironmentto make thedesktopenvironmentwork the way he/she wants.
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Storage was part of a larger design for a newdesktopenvironmentthat was still under development.
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