noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
desktop computer
desktop publishing
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
new
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It is generally sensible to limit the additional capabilities that the new desktop publishing product will give you to the bare minimum.
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Indeed, the new desktop is positively Windows-like.
■ NOUN
application
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Furthermore, its integration with other desktop applications allows it to be used as a powerful document transmission system.
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Looking ahead, businesses will find application outsourcing to be a more productive and cost-effective way to meet their desktop application needs.
computer
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In 1996 desktop computer software will allow two-way conversations, bringing the technology to the mass market.&038;.
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They paid for the desktop computer he uses to scan biographical data.
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At first, I just ran the Equalizer program on a desktop computer .
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The company expects the early versions of the chip will go into low-end desktop computers primarily sold outside the United States.
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The desktop computer grew in power and user friendliness until it was increasingly hard to tell apart from the workstation.
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According to Adkins, the on board computing power is about equivalent to the first small desktop computers .
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Microsoft recently announced Video for Windows, which enables a desktop computer to display small video clips.
machine
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You see, at the moment I have no desktop machine and not full-sized keyboard to hammer.
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Sun is also preparing its Scorpion eight-way Sparc desktop machine for launch at the SunWorld show on May 11.
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For these users the desktop machine is becoming the information centre, and they require desktop access to archival material.
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The model 2350 desktop machine delivers a claimed 28.9 SPECfp92 and 199.9 SPECint92.
manager
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The desktop manager supports drag and drop, and includes graphical file systems management and administration.
model
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Model EWS4800/215 is an entry-level desktop model with VMEbus expansion slot.
publisher
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There are really only two important considerations as far as the desktop publisher is concerned; is it readable and does it look good.
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There are, however, limitations that the desktop publisher needs to be aware of.
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There are basically three types, at least so far as desktop publishers are concerned.
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And, as all desktop publishers will be only too well aware, small is beautiful.
publishing
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Tomorrow's desktop publishing systems certainly won't look like today's page makeup software.
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It is generally sensible to limit the additional capabilities that the new desktop publishing product will give you to the bare minimum.
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Take, for example, a desktop publishing system based on an Apple Macintosh.
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Today's desktop publishing software is as good as, if not better than, any Third Wave composition system ever was.
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In this area there is a surprising lack of desktop publishing software as it is obviously a prime candidate.
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It is often assumed that the world of desktop publishing begins and, for some people, ends with the Apple Macintosh.
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It is often the case that the quality of the documents produced by some one adopting desktop publishing goes down rather than up.
system
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This has uncovered some interesting findings - for instance the hitherto unknown demand for 3.3V chips from desktop system designers.
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The £6,000 desktop system is suitable for any stereo-ready workstation, Apple Computer Inc Macintosh, personal computer or monitor.
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Andersen reckons this is because companies are using desktop systems more and more.
■ VERB
use
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These are used in machines from desktop computers to super computers.
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The one-piece computer is only 9 inches deep; a traditional monitor used with most desktops is about 14 inches deep.
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They don't require an external power source, but are expensive and you can't use them with a desktop .
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This makes the format much friendlier to use than a desktop computer and keyboard.
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These images can be used as desktop wallpapers, if only you could decide which to use.
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Andersen reckons this is because companies are using desktop systems more and more.
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Master production using desktop publishing equipment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I drummed my fingers on the desktop .
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In practice, we will soon see desktop videoconferencing becoming a standard feature of computer communications.
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Meanwhile, desktop video already offers both video telephoning and video conferencing without participants having to go to a special transmission location.
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Paint flakes on the desktop and floor, steel cabinets covered in dust.
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Target markets include broadcast and desktop video facilities, technical trade schools, repair centres and quality-assurance inspection sites.
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The idea a few years ago that a notebook machine could replace a desktop was a joke.
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You will, in short, become a desktop junkie.