Your gadgets have pre-installed applications, please identify each application and describe its functions?

Desktop Icons

By:Sir Lau

OBJECTIVES

At the end of the Lesson the student must be able to:

1. describe a desktop window;

2. identify the icons on the desktop window; and

3. name the parts of the desktop window.

Understanding Desktop Icons

Desktop icons

are known as shortcuts and also represented by pictures that indicate the type of program they are connected to.

3 Main Elements of Desktop Windows

1. Icons
2. Start menu
3. Task bar.

I. ICONS

ICONS

• are small pictures that represent files, folders, programs, and other items.

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FILE

• File refers to a document saved on your hard drive. This can be a letter, photo, audio clip, article, etc.

Icons are classified into five categories:

A. Folder Icons:

• When a folder icon is double clicked, a folder window is opened displaying the contents of the folder.

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B. Program Icons:

• When a Program icon is double clicked, the corresponding program is loaded into the memory of the computer and the application starts running in a Window.

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Icons are classified into five categories:

C. Document Icons

• When a document icon is double clicked, the document itself is opened.

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D. Shortcut Icons

• Shortcut icons provide an alternate way to open programs, documents, and folders.

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Icons are classified into five categories:

E. System Icons

• System icons are mandatory programs or files that are located on your desktop. User is not allowed to delete the system icon, since deleting the system icon would mean deleting the actual program from the hard drive of the computer. Examples of System Icons are: Recycle Bin, This PC, and Network Neighborhood etc.

Icons are classified into five categories:

E. System Icons

II. START MENU

II. TASK BAR

ASSESSMENT

Assignment