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In Windows, if the application has an icon somewhere on the desktop, you can simply double click the icon. If the icon doesn't exist, you can go to the start menu in windows and click on the Run option on the submenu, then enter the name of the application to run. A menu contains a list of commands to run, but clicking on one of these choices, you tell the computer to execute a particular command.

Many applications run in a window, a rectangular area on the portion of the screen. The top of the window contains a title bar - which usually contains the name of the application running. Many application programs use dialog boxes as part of their user interface. These are boxes that pop up, asking the user for information, or that allow the user to edit settings when they use that particular application. Finally, a shortcut menu is one that doesn't contain all possible options, but the most popular ones in an abbreviated pull-down menu.