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Cursor
The arrow or bar on the screen that informs you where the currently
active input area of the display is. The mouse has its own cursor, which
can be used to relocate the computer’s cursor.
Cut and Paste
In Windows, cutting (or copying) is the process of highlighting a block
of text or section of an image and moving (or copying) it to the clipboard,
where it is temporarily held in memory. Pasting is the process of placing
the mouse cursor at a desired location and then transferring the information
into that position. This can be done within programs and between
programs.
Desktop
The desktop is the primary workspace of your Windows operating
system. It contains icons (representing programs and applications),
desktop components, application windows and dialog boxes.
DC (Direct Current)
The AC Adapter changes AC from a wall socket to lower voltage DC,
and inputs the DC into the WinBook notebook to charge the rechargeable
batteries that power the WinBook notebook.
Defragmenting
A process by which files on a disk that have been broken up and stored at
various places on the disk (due to space limitations) are put back together
and stored in one piece. This process helps speed up the retrieval of infor-
mation from the disk.
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