How to say "desktop" in Japanese

• 卓上たくじょうCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers the literal 'desktop; tabletop' sense: things located or placed on a desk or table, such as a desktop item or device sitting on one's desk. This is the straightforward spatial meaning.
• 机上きじょうCommon
  no-adjectiveMainly means 'theoretical; academic; armchair', as in a plan that exists only on paper and not in reality. Its 'desktop' sense is secondary, so it is seldom the word you want for a physical desktop.

Use 卓上 for the physical sense of 'on the desk/tabletop', and remember that 机上 is mainly 'theoretical; armchair (e.g. plan)', with its 'desktop' gloss a secondary meaning.

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• 卓上たくじょうdesktop
• デスクトップdesktop
• 据え置き型すえおきがたdesktop (computer)
• 机上きじょうtheoretical