help desk
noun
plural help desks
: a department or person that provides assistance and information usually for electronic or computer problems
Adding a work account is easier than it used to be, but if you're a technophobe, or if your company requires special security settings, call your help desk.—
Jeremy Caplan
—often hyphenated when used before another nounJeremy Caplanhelp-desk questions
Pleas to reset forgotten passwords account for half of help-desk calls to Web sites, says RSA Security.—Victoria Murphy Barret
Victoria Murphy BarretExamples of help desk in a Sentence
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But while some industry insiders are already writing obituaries for in-person tourist support centers, destinations around Asia are actually increasing the number of traveler help desks.
—Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
These efforts are streamlining tasks across help desks, HR and business analysis.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Visitors may still be able to get in, but rangers would not be around and infrastructure like restrooms, help desks and other facilities would be closed.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Then posing as the employee, called the MGM help desk and convinced the help desk employee to change the access password for the employee whose identity was used by the hackers.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
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Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
These efforts are streamlining tasks across help desks, HR and business analysis.
—Peter High, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Visitors may still be able to get in, but rangers would not be around and infrastructure like restrooms, help desks and other facilities would be closed.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Then posing as the employee, called the MGM help desk and convinced the help desk employee to change the access password for the employee whose identity was used by the hackers.
—Steve Weisman, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for help desk
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“Help desk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/help%20desk. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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