how to connect to wireless access point....

[Timothy Murphy]

Tim wrote:

> The notification area is a hot spot that you can place on the task bar,
> there's usually one there by default, but sometimes you can accidentally
> remove things.

What exactly is the "notification area"?
What does it look like?
How do you get it back, if it is "accidentally removed"?

Are you talking about KDE/Gnome/both?
(I don't see any mention of "notification area"
in KDE=>Control Center=>Desktop .)