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  • How do I turn my computer on?

  • My computer is running slower than it was when we bought it. What could I do to speed it up?

  • What does HTML stand for?

  • What does DOS stand for and used for?

  • What does http stand for?

  • What does ftp stand for?





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    Q: How do I turn my computer on?
    A: Find the on button and push it.


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    Q: My computer is running slower than it was when we bought it. What could I do to speed it up?
    A: Your computer was running faster before because you had more free space in the hard drive. You can fix this by deleting file you no long need, or by putting more RAM in your computer. What RAM does is explained later on this page.


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    Q: What does HTML stand for?
    A: Hyper Text Mark-up Language.


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    Q: What does DOS stand for and used for?
    A: DOS stands for Disk Operating System. DOS is an old program, which was replaced by windows. DOS use to be the program that you did everything in. DOS isn't something to be scared of you should know the basics about it. If you have to ever call Tech support they will most likely take you in to DOS. Some basic DOS commands are:

    deltree - this command is used to delete a file. You would use this like so: Say you want to delete a file called trash.txt, all you would have to do is go to the DOS prompt (looks like C:\> or c:\windows>) and enter: deltree trash.txt Then press enter.

    cd - cd stands for change directory. To go from c:\> to c:\windows> all you have to do is enter in cd\windows and press enter.

    c: - This is used to change drives. Say you want to go to you're A drive, all you have to do is enter in a: at the DOS prompt.

    copy - Used for copying files. Type the name of the file you want copyed and then where to. Like this: copy trash.txt c:\windows

    dir - used to display what is in that directory. The dir command also can list things in alphabetical order, a page at a time or across the screen instead of down it. To do this add a slash (/) and then, o for alphabetical order, p to list it one page at a time, or w to list the page width ways (That's where the w comes from, it means across the page).


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    Q: What does http stand for?
    A: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol


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    Q: What does ftp stand for?
    A: File Transfer Protocol












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