what's a toolbar,taskbar,?

Answer 1

toolbar:
A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the application window by the user. For example, floating toolbars are common in graphics applications so that they can be moved into the canvas area closer to the objects being drawn. See tool palette, tool and toolkit.


taskbar:
A row of buttons or graphical controls on a computer screen that represent open programs, among which the user can switch back and forth by clicking on the appropriate one.
This has the Start button on it.

Answer 2

Let me answer your first question. A toolbar is a row of buttons or menus, normally at the top of a program, that can do many different things. Almost all programs have a menu bar, a type of toolbar. It mainly shows option and settings, but some menus, like the insert menu, have other commands. Another type of toolbar, is a web toolbar (Yahoo, Google, etc.). Although web browsers have menu bars, they can also have web toolbars. These toolbars are downloadable features that have buttons and sometimes even a search engine! The search engine does just that, search. The buttons are links, and they vary depending on the toolbar. There are other types of toolbars, although I don't mention them.

A taskbar is only found in Windows. Macs have something like them too, but they aren't "taskbars". A taskbar is the bar that lies at the bottom of everything (though it can be moved to the top or sides). Technically, it is a toolbar too. It contains the Start menu, the notification area, and all open or minimized programs (you can add to or change the buttons and sub-toolbars later).

Answer 3

A toolbar is a series of selectable buttons in a GUI that give the user an easy way to select desktop, application or Web browser functions. Toolbars are typically displayed as either a horizontal row or a vertical column around the edges of the GUI where they are visible while the application is in use. Most applications use toolbars as they give the user another option aside from pull-down menus.

In GUI interfaces, the taskbar is a desktop toolbar application that lets you perform tasks such as switching between open windows and starting new applications. The taskbar is usually associated with the Microsoft Windows interface.

Answer 4

A toolbar is the bar usually near the top of a window with buttons on it (open, copy, paste, file, edit, etc.), and your Taskbar is the bar at the bottom of the screen with the Start button.