Sunday, December 28, 2014

Terms used in Windows XP.

·                     The Desktop

The background area of the computer screen is called the desktop. It is the main interface to computer. The desktop is your work surface. It is the screen you see once your computer has finished booting up and you are ready to get started.



·                     Taskbar
       The taskbar appear at the bottom of the windows desktop; it lets you launch and manage                        programs.

·                     The Start Button
The start button is located on the taskbar. From Start Button you can do almost everything: Start Programs, Access your files, shutdown computer and much more.

·                     Icon
The small pictures are shorcuts to programs called icons. Small pictures that represent command and programs in windows. You can launch programs by double click icons to start a program.

·                     Wall Paper
The image on your desktop is called Wallpaper or Desktop Background.
      The Desktop

·                     My Computer
You can use my computer icon to locate files, folder and hard disk or CD drive, zip drive or control panel, mapped drive or other computer connected to the network.

·                     My Documents
      My document is desktop folder that provide you with a convenient place to store documents,                 graphics or other files you want to access quickly. If you save any file in Ms. Paint or Ms. Word             program automatically saved in my documents unless you choose different location.

·                     My Network places
      A network is collection of interconnected two or more computers. It helps to share, copy, move,            delete, edit, print etc from one computer to another staying on one computer.

·                     Internet Explorer                     

It helps to starts the deleted files on your hard disk. You can restore and emptize from recycle bin.