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Active Desktop

A Dictionary of the Internet | 2001 | | Copyright

Active Desktop® A term coined by the Microsoft Corporation to describe the integration of the desktop with the Internet. When INTERNET EXPLORER 4 was developed, Microsoft made the decision to make the desktop the primary means of organizing Internet-related information. For example, it enabled the user to place shortcuts to favourite WEB SITES on the desktop rather than as BOOKMARKS in a BROWSER.

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active desktop

A Dictionary of Computing | 2004 | | Copyright

active desktop A Microsoft term describing the integration of the desktop with the Internet. Introduced with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4, it allows HTML content to be displayed on the desktop. For example, a shortcut to a Web site can be stored on the desktop.

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