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                        CONTROL BUTTONS


                 Every open window of an application has
                 three control buttons  at the upper-right                                        Bill Gates and
                 corner. These are used to minimise, maximise and close the                     Paul Allen founded
                 window.                                                                          Microsoft and
                                                                                                Windows operating
                   Minimize means that the window will hide in the Taskbar.                       system in 1975.

                   Maximize will bring the window to a full screen size. When
                   you  maximize  a  window, the  button  changes  to  Restore
                   Down button. When you click this button, the window returns
                   to its last size.

                   Close will close the application.




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                      Windows 11 is the latest version of Windows operating                      Microsoft Edge
                      system from Microsoft. It was released on 05 October                      was first released in
                      2021.                                                                     2015 and replaced

                      Desktop is the main screen of the Windows 10 operating                    Internet Explorer as
                      system.                                                                   the default browser
                                                                                                  on Windows 10.
                      Desktop  has  three  components:  Taskbar, icons  and
                      Desktop background.

                      Taskbar is present at the bottom of the screen. It has
                      the Start button, opened programs and the Notification
                      Area.
                      An icon is a picture or graphic representation of an
                      application or a file.                                                     Bill Gates used the
                                                                                                 name "Microsoft"
                      Desktop Background is the image that appears at the                       for the first time. It is
                      back of your Desktop screen.                                            actually a combination
                      Task View allows you to quickly move within your open                        of two words:
                      windows and applications.                                                "microcomputer" and

                      Every open window has three control buttons in the                            "software."
                      upper-right corner: Minimize, Maximize and Close.



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