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An instruction may also invoke one of many input or output operations, for example displaying some text on a computer screen; causing state changes which should be visible to the user. The processor executes the instructions in the order they are provided, unless it is instructed to "jump" to a different instruction, or is interrupted by the operating system. In 1984, Apple introduced the Macintosh computer, featuring an operating system with a graphical user interface. Though not the first graphical operating system, it was the first one to find commercial success. This version of Windows was not an operating system, but instead was an application that ran on top of the DOS operating system, providing a graphical environment. License Plugins and extensions are software that extends or modifies the functionality of another piece of software, and require that software be used in order to function. Desktop applications such as web browsers and Microsoft Office, as well as ...