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INFORMATION AND COMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY GYAMFI SERIES
bottom of the desktop. On the taskbar we can find the following;
Start button
Quick Launch Area
The Open programs area
System tray.(time, hidden icons)/Notification Area.
Quick launch area system tray
Start 2:00pm
The open program area

IMPORTANCE OF START BUTTON
It is used to open programs and view all installed programs.
It helps the user to select any program of his\her choice.

ICONS
Icons are the graphical representation of a file, program or folder.
File; they are icons which contains data stored electronically by a computer as a document
worksheet or programs.
Folders are icons which contain group of files, document, programs and other folders .Folders are
represented by a yellow icon.

DESKTOP ICONS AND THEIR USES
My computer this is an icon which contains all the disk drives that make up the computer
system such as floppy disk, printers and hard disk.
My document this is an icon which represent all saved text materials including pictures and
worksheet.
Recycle bin it contains deleted files, documents and folders using windows.
Internet explorer this displays pages on the world wide web(WWW) or connect you to the
internet.

WALLPAPER

A wallpaper or background (also known as a desktop wallpaper, desktop
background, desktop picture or desktop image on computers) is a digital
image (photo, drawing etc.) used as a decorative background of a graphical
user interface on the screen of a computer, smartphone or other electronic
devices. On a computer, wallpapers are generally used on the desktop, while
on a mobile phone they serve as the background for the home screen.
Though most devices come with a default background image, modern
devices usually allow users to manually change the background image.

The term "wallpaper" was used in Microsoft Windows before Windows Vista (where it is called the "desktop
background"), while macOS refers to it as "desktop picture". On older systems which allowed small repeated
patterns to be set as background images, the term desktop pattern was used.

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