11. Application Basics
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Using Applications & Creating Documents
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Applications, which are also known as apps or programs, are computer software packages you use to get work done.
For example, if you sit down at your computer to write a letter, you’re likely doing it with a word processing application. If you spend some time browsing websites, you’re using a web browser application. And if you import photos from your camera onto your computer and then email one of them to a friend, you might be using a photo management app and an email app.
Without applications, a computer would ...
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