Having software that was specific to a certain computer limited the kind and number of computer programs you could have for your computer. For personal computer users there are now two major platform choices, the IBM type, or the Apple Macintosh computer.
A. 2 ......... Because the programs share time on the CPU, the more programs that are running and the more they must share the CPU time, the less CPU time each program will have. So, there is a maximum limit to this number, much like there are only so many things you can do at once.
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If your computer "locks up" or refuses to do anything for you, this is a time when you might want to perform a soft boot. Also, some programs require you to soft boot the computer during installation in order to activate changes in some particular computer files.
A. 4 ......... Microsoft included MS-DOS with the Windows 95 operating system so people who still used programs that required DOS in order to run would be able to run those programs. Windows 95 was designed to be a user-friendly environment with lots of different ways to perform the same tasks. For example, it has been estimated that there are eleven ways to start a program in Windows 95.
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When you click on a pull-down menu, another menu will drop down and give you choices which allow you to do things that are related to the first command (the word you clicked on to drop down the menu). If you look closely at the items on the pull-down menu you will notice some of them have symbols with letters to the right of the word. Those are called shortcut keys; they allow you to do the same things as clicking on the words in the pull-down menu without having to use the menu. For the Macintosh computer, most shortcut keys start with a symbol that looks like a cloverleaf and a letter. For example, to open a file, you hold down the cloverleaf key and then press O. The cloverleaf key is called the command key.
A. 6 ......... DOS is an operating system which is NOT case sensitive. This means we may type either a: or A: in order to change the drive. DOS sees both of these characters as the same thing.
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No, neither Windows 3.1 nor the new operating system, Windows 95 are case sensitive.
A. 8 ......... Yes they can, and this is done in exactly the same way you would create new directories and subdirectories for the hard drive. In DOS you type the command MD (for make directory) or if you are working in UNIX you enter the command mkdir. In Windows you would use menus or icons to help you create new directories and subdirectories.
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That depends on what files you have on your diskette. For example, if you are taking several classes, you may want a separate directory for each class. Why?
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There shouldn't be any problem using the file in Windows 3.1, however Windows 3.1 will shorten the file name to the required 8.3 characters, so you would need to keep that in mind when you are trying to locate your file.
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File and directory structure is very much like a tree. It starts at the root and goes down the branches to the next level which are the directories, then to the next level which are the subdirectories, with the last level being files.
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NOPE. Program manager is SYMBOLIC. All he is messing with is symbols.
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Remember, it is possible to have a number of programs open at the same time. Let's imagine you find some great information on the web, and you want to copy it and place it in a word processing document (with, of course proper citation of the source). You can copy the information in your web browser and paste it in your word processor. When you copy the information, you are temporarily done with the web browser. You might not want to completely exit the program however, because you might want to go back to it immediately. You can MINIMIZE the web browser to keep it open, but put it out of the way temporarily, so you can get to it again without waiting for it to load up another time.
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Graphical user interface. A GUI gives the user pictorial representations of files and programs with point and click access.
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A command line interface such as used in MS-DOS or UNIX requires the user to type in commands in order to complete tasks such as copying a file.
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