Comnunication Technologies

The area on the display screen where icons are grouped is called so because the icons are designed to represent real objects on a real desktop.

A symbol that appears on display screen that the user is able to move to select objects and commands. It usually appears on the screen as a small white angled arrow or as an I-beam pointer that is shaped like a capital "I".

With the help of this the user can divide the screen into different areas. You can move them around display screen, and change their shape and size at will.

These are small pictures that represent commands. By moving a pointer to them and pressing a mouse button, the user can execute a command or change it into a window.

Most graphical user interfaces allow the user to give commands by selecting a choice from it.

A device, sbch as a mouse or trackball, that allows the user to selest objects on the displayscreen.

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