Dictionary of Business Terms: Active Desktop
Active Desktop
a feature introduced by Microsoft that permits users to put "active content" from the Internet on the desktop. Information from Web sites can thus be constantly updated without having to start and run a browser.
Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: Active Desktop
Active Desktop
in Windows, the ability to use a web page as the desktop, i.e., the screen itself, not just as one of the programs running on it. This makes it easy to display a web page that is constantly updated, such as weather or stock price information, without having to start and run a browser.
