Along with the removable hard drives, students are also loaned the CD media for installing the operating system, application programs and the necessary utilities.
What does AP stand for?
AP stands for Application Program
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VR Juggler, for example, completely manages the application program control by strictly defining the application functions that are called in predetermined order.
A DIFFICULT TEST Our test put a particularly heavy strain on Win95 because many of the application programs we have were designed for Windows 3.
For example, instead of typing a command to launch an application program as one would on a DOS machine, a Windows or Macintosh user positions the cursor over an icon (a small graphical image on the screen that represents an application program) and clicks on it.
OnTime does everything most calendar programs do, plus a few handy extras: It handles recurring appointments (for example, yearly, every third Thursday, fortnightly or even every fourth day); sets up to-do lists according to priorities; provides an alarm that discreetly beeps and flashes a customized message on the screen no matter what application program is running; tracks down lost appointments ("When is my appointment with Joe Jones?
This information is very important when installing additional hardware, such as tape backups or network cards or when an application program reports that it is out of memory.