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Minimize: It is used to reduce the si e of an opened screen and appears as a small button in the panel.
Maximize: It enlarges the si e of the screen so that it takes up the entire desktop area. o maximise the
half opened screen click on the Maximi e button.
Restore: hen window is in a maximised position the Maximi e button changes to estore button. It is
used to bring the window to its original si e.
Close: It closes the opened application window.
Menu Bar: he menu bar lies below the itle ar . he menu bar contains menus. ach menu consists of
different options which are linked to different functions.
Frame (Border): Frame is a movable resi able box towards outermost part of the window screen. he user
can easily resi e a window screen by stretching its border and ad usting it as per the re uirement.
Workspace: It is the area on the document window where a user works. One can type in text or insert
graphics.
Status Bar: It lies at the bottom of the opened screen. It displays various information like position of the
cursor current page number number of items files folders etc.
Scroll Bar: In the screen of many applications there is Scroll ar towards the right and bottom side of the
window that helps in moving the content towards up-down or right-left of a page respectively.
DEVICE DRIVER
device driver is a form of software that enables a hardware device to be compatible with the computer.
It activates the specific hardware device that can be easily interpreted by the resources. evice drivers
are operating system specific and hardware-dependent computer programs which may automatically get
activated whenever that hardware device is attached to the computer. enerally we need to install the driver
of the printer into the operating system from its installation disc. evices from different manufacturers come
with their own drivers to function properly.
Do you know?
lug and lay is sometimes abbreviated as n . It refers to the device that works with a computer
system as soon as it is connected. he user doesn t need to manually install drivers for the device instead
the computer recogni es the device and automatically installs its driver. For example: whenever a pen
drive is inserted into the S its driver gets automatically installed.
FILE SYSTEM
File System is referred as the basic structure and concise format to arrange the set of information with their
names.
ll information is stored and recognised in the computer in different types of file format. here are different
file formats for sound files video files text files graphic files etc. ach of these have a different icon and
significant meaning. ll files are identified by their extension in addition to their name. he extension
is assigned by the program itself in which files are created. Some common files are identified by their
extension as:
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