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2. List of desk forms and types - Wikipedia

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   Bargueño desk; Bench desk; Bible box; Bonheur du jour; Bureau à gradin; Bureau brisé; Bureau capucin; Bureau Mazarin; Bureau plat, see Writing table; Butler's desk; Campaign desk; Carlton house desk; Carrel desk; Cheveret desk; Computer desk; Credenza desk; Cubicle desk; Cylinder desk; Davenport desk; Desk and bench; Desk on a chest; Desk on ...

3. Rolltop desk - Wikipedia

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   Unlike the cylinder desk, the rolltop desk could be mass-produced rather easily since the simple wooden slats could be turned out very fast in a uniform way. In contrast, the wooden section of a cylinder had to be treated with great pains to keep its form perfectly over time, lest it warp or bend, and make it impossible to retract or extend.

4. Desk - Wikipedia

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   Desk; c. 1765; mahogany, chestnut and tulip poplar; 87.3 x 92.7 x 52.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City) A desk or bureau is a piece of furniture with a flat table-style work surface used in a school, office, home or the like for academic, professional or domestic activities such as reading, writing, or using equipment such as a computer.

5. Computer desk - Wikipedia

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   Computer desks in a Fermilab control room An uncommon office computer desk with the screen under the top The top of a typical home computer desk. The computer desk and related ergonomic desk are furniture pieces designed to comfortably and aesthetically provide a working surface and house or conceal office equipment including computers, peripherals and cabling for office and home-office users.

6. Home Depot - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. American multinational home improvement supplies retailing company The Home Depot, Inc. An aerial view of a Home Depot in Onalaska, Wisconsin Company type Public Traded as NYSE: HD DJIA component S&P 100 component S&P 500 component Industry Retail (home improvement) Founded February 6 ...

7. Desktop computer - Wikipedia

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   Laptop computers, conversely, offer portability that desktop systems (including small form factor and all-in-one desktops) cannot due to their compact size and clamshell design. The laptop's all-in-one design provides a built-in keyboard and a pointing device (such as a touchpad) for its user and can draw on power supplied by a rechargeable ...

8. Office - Wikipedia

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   F.W. Taylor advocated the use of large, open floor plans and desks that faced supervisors. [6] As a result, in 1915, the Equitable Life Insurance Company in New York City introduced the "Modern Efficiency Desk" with a flat top and drawers below, designed to allow managers an easy view of the workers. This led to a demand for large square ...

9. Lap desk - Wikipedia

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   An antique lap desk. As an antique the lap desk is a smaller variant of the writing slope. It is also called a writing box or a writing cabinet. In certain instances it is known as a portable desk, a term which is usually applied to larger forms. Most antique lap desks are meant to be used on a table or some other stable surface.