Meanings
nounhelp desk (plural help desks)
plural help desks · alternative helpdesk · alternative help-desk
- A section of an organization offering specialist advice to customers or users who have problems, especially with computer equipment or systems.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna service that provides information and assistance to the users of a computer network
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Translations
Arabic دَعْم فَنِّيّ, مَكْتَب الْمَسَاعَدَة
- دَعْم فَنِّيّ (daʕm fanniyy)a section of an organization to help customers or users
- مَكْتَب الْمَسَاعَدَة (maktab al-masāʕada)a section of an organization to help customers or users
Chinese Mandarin 服務台, 問訊台 /问讯台
- 服務台 (fúwùtái)a section of an organization to help customers or users
- 問訊台 /问讯台 (wènxùntái)a section of an organization to help customers or users
Czech technická podpora
- technická podporaa section of an organization to help customers or users
Dutch helpdesk
- helpdeska section of an organization to help customers or users
Finnish neuvonta
- neuvontaa section of an organization to help customers or users
French centre d'assistance
- centre d'assistancea section of an organization to help customers or users
German Help-Desk, Helpdesk
- Help-Deska section of an organization to help customers or users
- Helpdeska section of an organization to help customers or users
Greek γραφείο πληροφοριών
- γραφείο πληροφοριών (grafeío pliroforión)a section of an organization to help customers or users
Hungarian ügyfélszolgálat, vevőszolgálat
- ügyfélszolgálata section of an organization to help customers or users
- vevőszolgálata section of an organization to help customers or users
Indonesian pelayanan pelanggan
- pelayanan pelanggana section of an organization to help customers or users
Japanese ヘルプデスク
- ヘルプデスク (herupudesuku)a section of an organization to help customers or users
Korean 헬프 데스크
- 헬프 데스크 (helpeu deseukeu)a section of an organization to help customers or users
Malay perkhidmatan pelanggan
- perkhidmatan pelanggana section of an organization to help customers or users
Polish obsługa klienta
- obsługa klientaa section of an organization to help customers or users
Portuguese balcão de informações
- balcão de informaçõesa section of an organization to help customers or users
Russian техподде́ржка, слу́жба техни́ческой подде́ржки
- техподде́ржка (texpoddéržka)a section of an organization to help customers or users
- слу́жба техни́ческой подде́ржки (slúžba texníčeskoj poddéržki)a section of an organization to help customers or users
- спра́вочная слу́жба (správočnaja slúžba)a section of an organization to help customers or users
Spanish mesa de ayuda
- mesa de ayudaa section of an organization to help customers or users
Turkish yardım masası, danışma masası
- yardım masasıa section of an organization to help customers or users
- danışma masasıa section of an organization to help customers or users
Ukrainian техпідтри́мка, слу́жба техні́чної підтри́мки
- техпідтри́мка (texpidtrýmka)a section of an organization to help customers or users
- слу́жба техні́чної підтри́мки (slúžba texníčnoji pidtrýmky)a section of an organization to help customers or users
Cite this entry
APA
help desk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/help%20desk
MLA
“help desk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/help%20desk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “help desk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/help%20desk.
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