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Desktop Wallet
A common type of crypto wallet used to securely store and manage your private keys on a computer hard drive. They're considered more secure than web-based wallets, since you can only access them from wherever your computer is located, and again, you control your private keys.
Example
“She installed Exodus as her desktop wallet, keeping her private keys on her encrypted laptop rather than trusting a web-based exchange wallet.”