I have lost my safari on my IMac desktop - how do I find it and reinstate?

My husband was on the computer last night and when i sat down to use it after him there was a message about putting something in the trash, I think I clicked no. When I woke up this morning the safari icon was not on my desktop and then remembered yesterdays message. I searched the trash but could not find anything to give me clues as to what happened. I am not computer savvy and really need computer support, but they are never open when I need them. Someone Please help me. So I can reinstate it. Thanks

These icons that go missing in the dock, are the full apps in the Application folder where they should be? Are you dragging them straight from the Applications folder to the Dock like you should be?
As for the updates, I find the best way is to use software Update in your system Preferences, mark down what updates are available and them download them as stand alone downloads from the Apple Updates site. then you always have them if you need to reinstall them. It has also proven to be a much more reliable way of installing updates, especially those which are pretty large.
cheers

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