Stupid question: how do uninstall programs on a mac?

just bought a macbook, never really used a mac before but need it for editing w/final cut. if i wanted to uninstall a program, is there a place to uninstall programs like in windows? thanks a lot.

To be clear:
It is generally safe to simply find the application and drag it to the trash. By far and away the majority of applications are self contained and trashing them is all you have to do to uninstall.
Now, there are some applications that install additional files. Most of these will place files either in /library/application support/ or /username/library/application support/. They're easy to find with Spotlight because the folders they reside in will usually have the name of the application or the manufacturer in them. For example, Adobe uses the Application Support folder. The Adobe files are in a folder called... you guessed it: Adobe.
The long and the short of it is that uninstalling applications on a Mac is nothing like uninstalling applications on a PC. There is no registry to mess with and most applications are very kind to the system and leave no weird additional files lying around that you have to hunt down and clean up.

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