A computer file is a computer resource for recording data discretely in a computer storage device.
Usually organized in a file system, Files can be edited and transferred through the internet on that particular computer system.
Comes in multiple types depending on its purpose: - Picture - Written Message - Video - Program
And many more!
By using computer programs, a person can:
a computer file.
Computer files may be:
an arbitrary number of times
Controls how data is stored and received.
Things are usually set up as…
User <---> Application <---> Operating System(OS) <---> Hardware
In a hierarchical file system (that is, one in which files and directories are organized in a manner that resembles a tree).
A directory contained inside another directory is called a subdirectory.
The terms parent and child are often used to describe the relationship between a subdirectory and the directory in which it is cataloged, the latter being the parent.
The top-most directory in such a filesystem, which does not have a parent of its own, is called the root directory.
In computing, a directory is a file system cataloging structure which contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories.
On many computers, directories are known as folders, or drawers.