1. This software sits between your programs and your hardware and makes your computer work. This is the one bit of software that every computer must have2. You use this to write letters, essays, or even books. This program is used more than any other program on most people's computer, and almost every desktop computer has this program. They can be small and smiple, or big and complicated, but they all really do the same thing. 3. You use this when you want to send a message to someone over the internet. you have to be careful who you give your address to, or this poor program might have to deal with hundreds and hundreds of messages you don't want 4. This is what you are using to look at the English for Everybody website right now. It is used for surfing the world wide web and for seeing pictures and text on the internet. 5. This is the program you use when you want to make your own pictures, or make changes to your digital photographs. some of these programs are hard to learn how to use, but they are very useful. 6. Do you do a magazine for your club or your college? Then you need this program - even if you don't use it a lot, it is very useful for making birthday cards, or announcements about parties and other events. 7. You can use this to organize your music collection, or your books. These programs are very important to businesses, and you can be certain your name is on many government and business computers in one of these programs right now 8. These files are how you can tell what is happening on a computer or a website. If your computer is not working properly, these are the files that the repairman will want to see. word processordrawing programdatabaseoperating systemlog filesweb browserdesktop publishermail client