A desk is a piece of furniture that is usually used for office tasks.
The concept of desk , coming from the Latin scriptorium , has different uses. The term is usually used with reference to a piece of furniture that is used for writing or for carrying out office tasks.
Originally, desks were closed pieces of furniture, inside which documents could be stored. At the top, a board allowed writing papers to be placed.
Desks over time
Over time, many types of desks emerged. They generally include one or more drawers for storing documents and various objects, as well as a flat writing board.
Modern desks, on the other hand, are often used to support computers (computers). In some cases, they have a mobile shelf where the keyboard is installed, leaving the monitor on the dashboard.
Originally, the desk was designed to facilitate writing.
The term in computing
In the field of computing , the image that is used on the computer screen and that displays the icons that represent the various programs and files is known as a desktop. The graphical interface that facilitates access to tools and allows configuration of the computer is called the desktop environment.
The computer desk works analogously to the desk as furniture. Text documents are symbolized as sheets of paper , for example, and can be discarded in a virtual trash can.
One of the most outstanding characteristics of the computer desk is its versatility, since it currently offers the user a large number of possibilities, both aesthetic and functional , to make their daily lives easier. For example, it allows you to create folders with your most used files, shortcuts to Internet addresses, "paste" notes as reminders as if they were a physical panel or a refrigerator door, locate one or more clocks and applications several, to keep up with the weather, the news and listen to music, for example.
In current operating systems it is also possible to have more than one desktop, which can be viewed one by one, but they give us much more space and allow us to divide tasks into groups.
Remote Desktop
A remote desktop , finally, is a technological system that gives a person the possibility of working with their computer desktop from a different terminal. What remote desktop does is "carry" the desktop from one computer to another.
There are various remote desktop services on the market, each with its advantages and disadvantages, which adapt to the needs of each type of user. They generally focus on technical service specialists, giving them the ability to diagnose and repair computer problems without physically being in front of it.
Thanks to this possibility, new doors were opened for computer technicians, since the emergence of the remote desktop made it possible for them to work remotely , not needing to travel to the client's home or office to do their tasks.
Remote access
Outside the scope of technical service, remote desktop services are also successful, since they give any user the possibility of accessing their files and programs from any device with an Internet connection, a group in which all current users fall with rare exceptions. .
Whether we have a mobile phone or a tablet, a desktop or laptop computer is not necessary to enjoy this service. Precisely, the "magic" of this experience lies in the fact that the main processing is carried out on the remote computer, so the local computer only has to have the necessary power to play a video, so to speak, that is constantly downloaded and that It gives the user the feeling of having their other computer in front of them.