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Basic Parts of A Desktop

This document identifies and describes the basic parts of a desktop computer. It lists the main components as program files/icons, the start button, taskbar, time box, and desktop. The start button displays the start menu with program categories. The taskbar shows active windows and allows switching between them. The time box displays the current time and date. The desktop is the working environment that uses icons to represent programs, files, and folders accessed using a mouse pointer.

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Basic Parts of A Desktop

This document identifies and describes the basic parts of a desktop computer. It lists the main components as program files/icons, the start button, taskbar, time box, and desktop. The start button displays the start menu with program categories. The taskbar shows active windows and allows switching between them. The time box displays the current time and date. The desktop is the working environment that uses icons to represent programs, files, and folders accessed using a mouse pointer.

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Basic Parts of a Desktop

1. Teacher: KRESGE D. ELUMBARING- PACATANG COMPUTER BASICS THE

PARTS OF A DESKTOP 1

2. REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS LESSONS 2

3. LOOKING BACK3

4. • What is a computer? • What are the types of computerS? • Why do we need all

these computers? • How do you differentiate a hardware and a software? • How does a

computer works? 4

5. OBJECTIVES  Identify the different parts of the desktop.  Locate the parts of the

desktop using the mouse.  Appreciate the importance of remembering the parts of the

desktop. 5

6. What are the parts of the Desktop? 6

7. 7

8. 1. PROGRAM FILES/ICONS  These are shortcut graphic representations of

programs or files that, when double-clicked, launch the programs or open the files. 8

9. 9

10. 2. START BUTTON  The start button, when clicked, displays the Start Menu that

lists the various categories or program groups in your computer. 10

11. 2. START BUTTON  Clicking All the programs in the Start menu will display a

pop-up list of program categories currently installed in your computer. When you want to

use a program, you search and click it from the list to load it on your computer. 11

12. 2. START BUTTON12

13. 3. TASKBAR  The taskbar is the horizontal bar at the bottom part of the screen. It

displays buttons that represent windows that are currently active/open thus providing

the user another way to switch from one window to another. 13

14. 3. TASKBAR  This can also be done by pressing the Alt and Tab key

simultaneously (Alt + Tab). The right hand side of the taskbar displays program icons for

easy access including the time box. 14

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16. 4. TIME BOX  This part shows the current time and date when the mouse is put

over the time box. 16

17. 17

18. 5. DESKTOP  It shows the working environment for the Windows operating

system. It makes of the Graphical User Interface (GUI) that makes use of graphic

symbols or icons to represent programs, files, and folders that can be directly accessed

with the use of the mouse. 18

19. 19

20. ACTIVITY Directions:  Try handling the mouse to locate the parts of a desktop. 

The mouse is represented on a desktop by a white arrow. This is called a pointer. The

pointer is used to access, load/close, and manipulate programs, commands, files, or

folders. 20

21. ACTIVITY  Move the pointer over the different parts of a desktop.  Then move

the pointer over the Start button at the bottom left portion of the screen. Click the left

mouse button. This will pop up the Start Menu that lists commonly accessed programs.

 Moving the pointer to All Programs will show most of the application softwares in your

computer. 21

22. SHORT QUIZ  Prepare ¼ size of paper 22

23. 23

24. ASSIGNMENT  Give the 10 different parts of a typical screen of a Windows

application and its function. 24

25. Thank you! 25

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