• 4 years ago
Welcome to Ecc Education,
and today we talk about User Interface,Structure of window, computer icons

Window Desktop
When you tern ON the computer then the first screen, which will display on the computer is known as desktop. The background image of desktop is called as wallpaper.
A small arrow or blinking symbol, moving on the desktop is called as cursor. Desktop contains start Menu, Task bar, Icons etc.

Icons-Application which are appearing on the desktop is known as Icons.
Some of the System Icons displayed on desktop are as follow:-

My Computer-It is the most important icon of the desktop, Which contains icons of document folders, hard disk’s partition, each removal disk drive etc.

Recycle Bin-It contains deleted file folders or shortcuts, If we delete a file or folder, then it goes to recycle bin.

My Document-This folder contains all your files, which you have created and saved in it. This folder contains all types of file formats like word processor, excel, PowerPoint, image, etc.

My Network Places-It consists of all network connections, which make possible to connect the computer with network.

Task bar
The long horizontal box at the bottom of our desktop is known as task bar.
Task bar consists of three parts.
Start Button
Middle Section
Notification Area

Start Menu-The start menu is the main gateway of our computer’s program such as file, folder and setting.

Some options of start menu are as follows:-
All Programs
Help and Support
My Documents
Control Panel
Search
Log Off
Turn Off

Structure of a window
Window is a rectangular area which provides an environment to run many programs. It allow a user to work with multiple programs or view multiple programs at once.A window include title bar, menu bar, scroll bar, status bar, etc in it.

Scroll Bar-The scroll bar appears at the right side and/or at the bottom of a window. A window can display a document. i.e. larger than the window area, so with the help of scroll bar arrow, the user can scroll a document in the window area to bring the view of hidden portion of document.

There are two types of scroll bars: Horizontal and vertical.
Status Bar
ToolBar

Status Bar-The Scroll bar is a horizontal area located at the bottom of the window in which an application can display various kinds of status information like current window’s state, background tasks (such as printing, scanning, etc.) or other contextual information (such as selection, etc).

ToolBar-It is a strip of icons on a window that provides quick access to certain funtions (options). These options are also know as tools.

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