remote desktop

noun

A real-time network mirroring of one computer's graphical display onto another computer (with or without knowledge of the mirrored computer's user, with or without shared mouse and keyboard interaction).

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Meanings

nounremote desktop (countable and uncountable, plural remote desktops)

plural remote desktops

  1. countableuncountablecomputingA real-time network mirroring of one computer's graphical display onto another computer (with or without knowledge of the mirrored computer's user, with or without shared mouse and keyboard interaction).
  2. countableuncountablecomputingA specific software program that accomplishes that mirroring.
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APA

remote desktop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remote%20desktop

MLA

“remote desktop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remote%20desktop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “remote desktop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/remote%20desktop.

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