Abdullah Maher Mohamed

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software

What is software?Software is the general term for

information that's recorded onto some kind of medium. Your VCR or DVD

player are hardware devices that are capable of reading the software from a tape or disk and projecting it onto

your TV screen, in the form of a movie

Also..Your computer is a hardware device that reads software too. Most of the software on your computer comes in the form of programs.

What does program mean?

Just as there are thousands of albums you can buy on CD for

your stereo there are thousands of programs that you can buy to

run on your computer

A program consists of "instructions" that tell the computer what to do, how to behave

When you buy a computer, you don't automatically get every program produced by every software company in the world. You usually get some programs.

If you do purchase a specific program, it would be to perform some specific task. For example, you might use a graphics program to touch up photos, or you might use a word processing program to write text..

What Programs Do I Have?

Usually when you buy a computer, they tell you what programs you're getting with it you'd probably find the names of programs you already have listed there.

because every program that's currently installed on your computer is listed in your All Programs menu (assuming you're using Windows XP).

When you first open the Start menu, the left column lists programs you've used the most recently. If your computer is brand new, then the programs listed there will just be some examples.

That little list of program icons and names on the left side of the menu doesn't represent all the programs that are currently installed on your computer.

When you first click on (or just point to) the All Programs option, the All Programs menu that appears will show icons and name of program groups, as well as some programs.

Running Programs

When you click on the icon for a program, the program opens Which means the program appears on the screen, so you can use it. Each program will appear in its own program window on the Windows desktop