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would.disappear.in.what.we.painfully.referred.to.as.the.“blue.
screen.of.death,”.at.least.in.old.Windows.operating.systems.
This. also. brings. up. that. while. the. central. processor. is.
capable. of. doing. all. those. wonderful. things,. it. can. only. do.
what.you.tell.it.to.do..It.will.not.auto-magically.back.up.your.
work.for.you.unless.you.told.it.to.do.so..Some.word.process-
ing. applications. automatically. save. your. work. on. a. regular.
basis,. either. deined. by. you. in. coniguration. settings. or. as.
part. of. their. own. recovery. programming.. But. all. of. them.
have.a.way.that.you.can.purposely.save.your.work,.and.you.
should.do.so.on.a.regular.basis.if.you.want.to.be.sure.it.will.
be.there.when.you.need.it.
This.is.another.action.that.you.might.take.that.will.affect.
what.is.stored.on.your.desktop—the.“toe.bone”.from.the.other.
foot,.if.you.will..Sorry,.I.just.like.that.song.and.that.metaphor.
This. is. the. action. where. you. choose. a. menu. item. in. an.
application:.in.this.case,.the.Save.option..In.most.word.proces-
sors,.there.will.be.a.File.menu.that.allows.you.to.open.a.new.
ile,.close.a.ile,.print.a.document,.and.Save.or.Save.As..This.
is.not.meant.to.be.an.instruction.topic.on.how.to.use.applica-
tions,.so.we.will.not.delve.into.all.those.options.here..But.in.the.
Save.category.you.can.choose.to.simply.click.on.Save.which.
will. save. your. document. in. the. same. format,. with. the. same.
name,.and.in.the.same.location.from.which.you.opened.it..If.it.
is.a.new.document,.you.will.be.prompted.to.pick.a.name.and.
place.to.store.it..If.you.choose.Save.As,.you.have.the.opportu-
nity.to.give.your.document.a.new.name,.save.it.to.a.new.place,.
and.even.change.the.format.in.which.it.is.saved.
As. with. the. other. actions. that. you. take. on. your. com-
puter,. this. starts. a. series. of. events.. When. you. select. that.
item.from.the.menu,.the.application.coding.sends.informa-
tion.to.the.central.processor.identifying.a.data.set.that.might.
be.currently.stored.in.memory.or.in.a.temporary.folder.on.
the.hard.drive.
The. application. then. follows. that. information. with. the.
information.you.give.it.(or.that.it.has.in.memory),.as.to.where,.
how,.and.under.what.name.that.data.set.should.be.stored..
