Storing Information (2)

• Files

• Folders

  (directories = folders)
  

• Folders in Folders in …

• Tip

  • name files and directories, meaningfully!
  • filename extensions…( filename.ext e.g. friends.txt, output.prn, david.pic )

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Information on disks is stored in "files."

A file may contain any amount and type of information: a note, a letter, an entire book, a picture, a song, a video or a program.

Folders allow you to keep related files grouped together where they can be found easily.

Use meaningful names!