Desktop Applications

DEFINITION:--

1) Typical computer programs used on office desktops, including e-mail, word-processing and spreadsheets.

2) Query and analysis tools that access the source database or data warehouse across a network using an appropriate database interface.

3) An application that runs in a desktop or laptop computer. The term is used either to contrast such "local" applications with Web-based applications that also run in the same computer, or to contrast personal computer applications with mobile phone applications.