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| Defrag (De-fragment)
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Tidy up the information on your computer.
Explanation: Files on your computer are like books in a library. Each one sits in its place on a shelf. If that book changes and is to fat to fit in its place on the shelf, instead of pushing all the books along a bit, it is split and part of it is placed elsewhere. If you go to use the book again you have to go to different shelves to get each part. This is what happens to your files. De-fragmenting rearranges your files so that each one is put back together and stored in the same place inside your computer. This makes it quicker to open the files.
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| Hardware
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Physical computer parts
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| Spam
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Junk e-mails
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| VDU (Visual Display Unit)
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The computer display - the bit that looks like a TV screen.
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