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COMMON TERMS OF OPERATING SYSTEM

             et us learn about some of the common terms of operating system.

            Desktop
             hen a user logs on to a  raphical  ser Interface    I  operating system  a graphical screen opens with
            some icons and pictures.  his graphical screen is termed as  esktop.  he desktop includes a taskbar  icons of
            programs applications files folders in form of shortcuts and disk drive icons.

            Icons
             hese are the buttons on the desktop in the form of small pictures with some text written below them.  he
            icons represent files  folders  programs  etc. It is the minimised form of application package program.

             o select an icon  place the mouse pointer over the icon and click it. On clicking the mouse button  the
            particular icon gets selected or highlighted.

            Some common icons on desktop are:

                                  In Linux                                          In Windows








                                    ome
                                                                                       omputer
              his icon contains the link to all the directories and   his  icon  is  the  main  system  folder  of  computer
             files stored in the host computer system.           containing all the information related to a computer
                                                                 and its various parts. It displays the different drives
                                                                 and  other  icons  based  on  the  computer  resources.
                                                                   omputer  icon provides access to the different parts
                                                                 and drives of the computer.







                                    Trash                                              ecycle  in

              his  icon  represents  a  waste  basket  which  stores   his  icon  represents  the  waste  basket  of   indows
             deleted file s  or folder s .  ny file or directory which  operating  system  which  stores  deleted  file s   or
             is deleted from the system is transferred to the  rash   folder s .   o  restore  file s  folder s    double-click
             though  we  can  restore  the  file s  directory  from  the    ecycle   in   icon   select  file s  folder s   to  be
               rash . It is like a dustbin of an operating system in a  restored.
             computer whose garbage can be reused.


            Panel/Taskbar

              panel  in  inux  or taskbar  in  indows  is an area on the desktop that is used as a link to open and close
            programs and it also allows the user to switch between the opened applications or programs.




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