资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

desktop manager
     
        A {user interface} to system services, usually {icon} and
        {menu} based like the {Macintosh} {Finder}, enabling the user
        to run {application program}s and use a {file system}
        without directly using the command language of the {operating
        system}.
     
        (1994-12-07)