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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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