IMac not working

I surfing the web when all of a sudden my iMac froze. I waited a bit since this has happened before. When nothing happened i restarted my computer. When I restarted, I'm not able to open any apps on the Mac. I can't select anything on my apple menu. Nothing I do makes it work? Any suggestions as to what the problem might be or how to get my Mac working normally again?

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