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Scratch was created by Mitchel Resnick at the MIT Media Lab in 2007.
COMPONENTS OF SCRATCH WINDOW
Let us learn about the components of scratch.
Title Bar
Menu
Bar
Tabs Go Button Stop Button
Stage Area
Script Backdrop
Block Sprite
Palette
Coding Area
Sprites Info Pane
Title Bar: It is at the top of the Scratch window. It shows Scratch 3.29.1 written on the
left. The right side of the toolbar has the three control buttons—Minimize, Maximize
and Close.
Menu Bar: It contains options and commands related to the projects that you create in
Scratch. The options are File, Edit, Tutorials and name of the Scratch project.
Stage Area: It is similar to a stage in a play where everything takes place. You can watch
stories, play games and run your scratch projects on the stage.
Sprite: It is the actor who acts on the stage. Sprite is an object in Scratch that performs
the function on stage area. The default sprite in Scratch is an orange cat.
Go Button: It is the Green flag and when you click on it, it runs a Scratch program.
Stop Button: It is the red button which on clicking stops the running Scratch program.
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