the primary function of the skin the primary function of the skin the primary function of the skin Solution Skin Basically in terms of computer skin refers to visual effects either on the operating system(task bar, menu bar, background , themes), websites,applications. Main and primary functions of the skin are: 1). To provide a better look and feel. 2). To provide easy access to different tools or applicatons. 3). generally to provide better look and feel to the website we uses HTML and CSS (cascading style sheets(internal, external, inline). 4).For standalone software interfaces, it is implemented by XML (used to create user defined tags )and XSLT. 5). In terms of applications skin plays an important roles like in various media players (winamp, trillion etc), as well as in instant messaging clients. Software skins Software which provide skin applied is referred to as being skinnable, and the process of using or applying such a skin is known as skinning. 6).In terms of computer vision human skin used as a biometric tool like Face recognition, people tracking, fingerprint identifications. 7).In terms of computer graphics skin are used as a) animation b) geometric modeling c) photorealistic rendering. .