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46 Macintosh User's Handbook
Figure 3.3. Initial System Diskette display
An icon is a graphic symbol used by the Mac to repr ese nt
either a phy sical object or a non-phy sical concept. In our initial
dis
play , th e System Disk icon represents a physical object. The
Trash icon represents a concept -- in thi s case, an imaginary
location in which to dispense of information which is no longer
needed.
The
display depicted in figure 3.3 is known as th e Desk-
top.
The Desktop is the Mac's work area. The De skto p con-
sists of the white menu bar and the gray desk surface. The
Mac' s desk surface can be used as would an actual desk.
Object s can be placed on the de sk su rfa ce, moved about th e
de sk s ur face, and remov ed from the desk surface. We will see
how to work with the Desktop later in this chapter .