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 noun

help-desk questions

Pleas to reset forgotten passwords account for half of help-desk calls to Web sites, says RSA Security.—

Victoria Murphy Barret

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This matched the compensation offered to an X user who claimed to have suffered bed bug bites on an August 2024 Turkish Airlines flight and shared photos with the airline’s help desk. —

Ryan Craggs, New York Times, 1 Jan. 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, 19 Dec. 2024 Some of the most popular jobs in IT support include computer support specialists, help desk analysts and IT support technicians. —

Morgan Smith, CNBC, 29 Nov. 2024 For example, someone may open a ticket with the help desk for trouble accessing a website. —

Peter Karlson, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for help desk