The word desktop has three meanings:
Type | Screen Size | Keyboard | Software | Portability | Main Uses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Desktop | large | good | wide | not portable | word processing, heavy computing, programming |
Laptop | full | poor | wide | luggable | consultant |
Notebook | medium | poor | lightweight | portable | student |
Tablet | small | none | lightweight | fit in a briefcase | web browsing |
Smartphone | tiny | none | toy apps | fit in a pocket | telephone, web access to special sites |
The files on your desktop or stored on disk in C:\Users\user\Desktop\ and C:\users\Public\Desktop.
Oddly, Desktop also refers to a class, introduced in Java version 1.6, that lets you launch generic applications.
Surprisingly, Desktop is part of the venerable java.awt package. This was a stupid place to put it. Launching apps has nothing to do with GUIs (Graphic User Interfaces). I think Sun should have given it a more descriptive name like Launch. I can’t see the Desktop class having the remotest connection with the desktop.
With either a File or URI (Uniform Resource Indicator), it lets you launch a viewer to display the file, e.g. a browser, email client, The Desktop class allows a Java application to launch associated applications registered on the native desktop to handle a URI or a file. or a the associated open, edit or print application.
Unlike exec, you can use these features without knowing the name of the local command processor, browser, mail program etc.
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