Windows

Operating System Controls the programs and hardware on your computer.

The Desktop is the on-screen work area on which windows appears

Icons: picture representation of software programs Default: factory settings of hardware and software. Hardware: components Software: programs Patch Cord: connects computers to server Server: main computers that routes computers to internet, printing and network Network: cyberspace location of files that allows computers to “speak” to each other. Hub: Housing unit for patch cords on their way to the server.

Start Menu The Start Button is the button through which we can access the entire breadth of options that Windows XP offers us. We also find all the programs that we have been using lately. In this example, MSN, Windows Media Player, ... This way we have quicker access to the programs that we most frequently used. On the right hand area there are icons to access the different parts of WindowsXP that are most often used: My documents, My Recent Documents, My Pictures, My Music and My Computer.

Why is the program called Windows? Allows computer users to open many programs, documents, mail, internet all at once.

What do these mean? Why use them???

Define & Draw Desktop Start Menu Task Bar My Computer Windows Operating System Minimize Maximize

Folder Management Hard Drive C Desktop My Documents This Course Uses the following Folder Mgt System: Set up a folder on Local Disk C Name folder bt1 and your initials bt1smt