Object Desktop (OD; previously the Object Desktop Network or ODNT) is an online software subscription service created by Stardock for OS/2 and relaunched...
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Stardock (section Desktop enhancements and utilities)
featured on its site are for software that is part of their Object Desktop windows desktop suite. They are based in Plymouth, Michigan. Stardock was founded...
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well as a desktop object system. User creations could be exported as .desktop files or as widgets. The program was distributed with Object Desktop as well...
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GNOME (redirect from Gnome desktop)
GNOME (/ɡəˈnoʊm/, /ˈnoʊm/) is a free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. Many major Linux distributions...
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that helps to organize icons on the desktop. It is developed by Stardock and distributed as part of their Object Desktop suite. Version 1 was freeware after...
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point od (Unix), a Unix program Object Desktop, a suite of skinning and customization programs by Stardock, or ObjectDock, another program by the same...
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with the computer. The desktop metaphor treats the computer monitor as if it is the top of the user's desk, upon which objects such as documents and folders...
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and is the most popular component of their flagship software suite, Object Desktop. It is also available separately, and as an ActiveX/COM component called...
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D-Bus (section Object model)
D-Bus (short for "Desktop Bus") is a message-oriented middleware mechanism that allows communication between multiple processes running concurrently on...
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In computing, a virtual desktop is a term used with respect to user interfaces, usually within the WIMP paradigm, to describe ways in which the virtual...
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Remote Desktop Services (RDS), known as Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow...
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Windows shell (redirect from Windows Desktop)
access the computer's resources via the hierarchy of shell objects. "Desktop" is the top object of the hierarchy; below it there are a number of files and...
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He led development of OS/2 Essentials, followed by Object Desktop, a package of utilities and desktop enhancements. When the OS/2 market collapsed, he shifted...
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Desktop publishing (DTP) is the creation of documents using dedicated software on a personal ("desktop") computer. It was first used almost exclusively...
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Icon (computing) (redirect from Desktop icon)
characterizes all the major desktop-based computer systems including the desktop that uses an iconic representation of objects from the 1980s office environment...
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file system, the AtheOS File System (AFS) C++ oriented API Object-oriented graphical desktop environment on a native GUI architecture Mostly POSIX compliant...
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Operating system (redirect from Desktop operating system)
is written in Java and uses object-oriented design. Windows is a proprietary operating system that is widely used on desktop computers, laptops, tablets...
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Desktop Metal, Inc. is a public American technology company that designs and markets 3D printing systems. Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts,...
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Application software (redirect from Desktop application)
Windows Store (in 2011), the term was extended in popular use to include desktop applications. The delineation between system software such as operating...
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Tweak7 was developed by Stardock and distributed as part of their Object Desktop suite. It was co-distributed by Advanced PC Media (Steve Sinchak), which...
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K Desktop Environment 2 was the second series of releases of the K Desktop Environment. There were three major releases in this series. K Desktop Environment...
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disappeared; if users would not be running OS/2 on the desktop, there would be no universal object library anyway. In 1997, when Steve Jobs returned to...
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management system used by Stardock customers to access components of the Object Desktop, TotalGaming.net and ThinkDesk product lines, as well as products under...
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Shortcut (computing) (redirect from .desktop)
commonly placed on a desktop, in an application launcher panel such as the Microsoft Windows Start menu, or in the main menu of a desktop environment. The...
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"MacApp 2 for PowerPC in Object Pascal". MacTech. Vol. 12, no. 2. pp. 25–32. Lischner, Ray (2000). Delphi in a nutshell: a desktop quick reference (1st ed...
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MyColors (category Desktop environments)
parts can be mixed to create a custom theme with the corresponding Object Desktop software. MyColors works on Windows XP and above, and is certified for...
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the first modern windowed computer desktop interface. There he also led the development of the influential object-oriented programming language Smalltalk...
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Graphical user interface (redirect from Desktop (computing))
modeled through a desktop metaphor to produce a simulation called a desktop environment in which the display represents a desktop, on which documents...
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Group Policy (redirect from DesktopStandard)
Center - Desktop. Microsoft. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2012. "Step-by-Step Guide to Managing Multiple Local Group Policy Objects". Windows...
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Hat developer Kristian Høgsberg in 2008. Beginning around 2010, Linux desktop graphics have moved from having "a pile of rendering interfaces... all...
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