OS Terms

The window which will receive keystrokes. The Title bar is

normally a different color from the inactive windows

• Active Window

• Desktop

• Clipboard

• This Computer

A small image that represents a program or action or

document

• Handle

• Popup Menu

• Icon

• Control Settings

A bar, usually across the top of a window below the Title bar, which contains menu items, which may be menus themselves.

• Title bar

• Menu Bar

• Status Bar

• Tool Bar

A menu which appears when you right click on something.

• Popup

• Settings

• Short Cut

• Tool Bar

A special area that saves objects that you have deleted until

you empty it.

• Desktop

• Folder

• Recycle Bin

• This Computer

A strip of icons usually at the bottom of a computer screen

showing programs that may be used by selecting their icons

• Menu Bar

• Control Settings

• Task Bar

• Desktop

The area above the Taskbar and is the main screen area that you see on a Windows machine when you first start.

• Control Settings

• Notification Area

• Active Window

• Desktop

Another name for a piece of software or program

• app

• icon

• short cut

• handle

In a browser-based window (including File Explorer), this

is the area where you enter the URL or path to what you want to see.

• popup menu

• task bar

• address bar

• control panel

To turn on the computer and start the operating system.

• format

• boot

• flash

• backup