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Spyware
Spyware is thought and written about as programs intent Taskbar ‘Settings page’, click ‘Select which Icons to see on
on causing you problems. Genuine Spyware is not mali- the Taskbar’ and switch on those Icons you prefer on the
cious. It merely spies on you! It ‘may’ change your home ‘Taskbar’. The area those unhidden Icons occupy on the
page on your web browser, but its main purpose is to moni- ‘Taskbar’ is still referred to as the ‘System Tray’
tor your web activities. This is explained fully, in the licence
agreement, before you click install, sadly very few people
read it. Spyware is usually a freeware download; this is the
normal way it gets on your computer. If you suspect you
have Spyware on your computer, and you want to get rid of

it, you should try finding it yourself and uninstall it as you
would any other program. On the other hand if you know

the program and want to keep it, but don’t want it spying
on you, go to your firewall and block it from accessing the
internet. There are programs available for finding and unin-
stalling Spyware. However, treat their claims with caution,
you could end up losing more than the spyware. Only use

these removal programs if you are absolutely sure you Tag
know what you are doing and can replace anything re-
‘Tag’ is to attach. In music a ‘Tag’ is hidden information
moved by mistake.
attached to the CD about the singer, song…. In the HTML
Status Bar language a ‘Tag or Tags’ are strategically attached to the
The ‘Status bar’ is an information bar at the bottom of most written language so that it can be read by the web Browser
feature or program pages. What information it displays and Taskbar
buttons or Icons it shows will depend on what program or
feature you’re using. The ‘Status Bar’ is not a bar you The ‘Taskbar’ holds several important access buttons like
should ignore. Sometimes it can contain some useful infor- ‘Start’, giving you quick access to the Program menu and
mation on the application or page you’re viewing. power button’. Also on the ‘Bar are’ ‘Cortana, Search, and
the Action Centre buttons’. The Taskbar’s located by default
Stream at the bottom of the screen. To the far left is ‘Start’,
‘Cortana, Search and Task view’. There could also be some
‘Stream’ means to send or received data. You can ‘send’
music or stream music across a network. You can stream or shortcut icons, like ‘Edge, Store and File Explorer. To the far
‘send’ a film to your TV. In Windows 10 the term is ‘Cast to right, known as the ‘Notification’ area, is the ‘Action centre/
device’ = ‘send’ to device. Computer purist may haggle over Notification’ button, ‘Time & Date’, and possibly other small
the difference between ‘Send’ and ‘Stream’, but sitting at Icons of Start-up Apps. ‘Right click’ an empty part of the
‘Bar’ to access the main ‘Taskbar’ menu. There you can add
your computer, you’ve picked a film, now click ‘Cast to de-
vice’, and the film appears on your television. It’s safe to more buttons add ‘Toolbars’ and access the ‘Bar’s’
say you’ve ‘Sent’ it to your television. How it got there? ‘Settings’ page. In ‘Settings’, you can change the location of
Well, that’s another story the ‘Bar’, the size of Icons and show or hide Icons in an area
called the ‘System Tray’. (See System Tray)

Subfolder (child) (see Folder)

Surf
To ‘Surf’ the net means to move around the internet from
one place to another, or it could be ‘said’ you’re ‘Surfing’
the net. ‘Browse the net’ has a similar connotation, though
it implies intent, where ‘Surf’, implies wondering aimlessly
about.

System Tray

The ‘System Tray’, is not an area referred to by Microsoft. Text Editor
It’s simply referred to as the ‘Notification area’. Recognised A ‘Text Editor’ produces raw text as in ASCll, there is no for-
or not the ‘System Tray’ has been used for a long time to matting, underline, bold, or any of the hidden codes found
describe the area on the ‘Taskbar’ that contains the Icons
in a ‘Word Processor’. (Notepad is a Text Editor) Source
of Apps that start-up with Windows. By default the ‘System Code ‘Text Editors’, however, used in programming may
Tray’ is hidden. To access it you click on the chevron locat- have indentation, multiple windows and display reserve
ed in the ‘Notifications area’. To unhide the Icons, open the words.

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