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File Management Notes

A file management system is software that manages data files by organizing them into directories and subdirectories. It allows files to be grouped together and located via file paths which specify the complete drive, folder, and file name location using backslashes to separate each part. File extensions, the part of the file name after the last period, indicate the file type such as text, audio, picture, or video.

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File Management Notes

A file management system is software that manages data files by organizing them into directories and subdirectories. It allows files to be grouped together and located via file paths which specify the complete drive, folder, and file name location using backslashes to separate each part. File extensions, the part of the file name after the last period, indicate the file type such as text, audio, picture, or video.

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Topic: Foundations of hardware and software

Subtopic: File Management

File management
A file management system is a type of software that manages data files in a computer system.
It has limited capabilities and is designed to manage individual or group files, such as special
office documents and records.

What is a file?
A file is an object on a computer that stores data, information, settings, or commands
used with a computer program.

Directory
A directory is a location for storing files on your computer. Directories are found in
a hierarchical file system, such as Linux, MS-DOS, OS/2, and Unix.
Sub directory
A subdirectory is a directory that is located within another directory.

File path
The pathname, the current path or path is the complete location or name of
where a computer file or web page is located.

The following example shows an MS-DOS path or file path for system.ini file.
When working with an MS-DOS, Windows, or Windows command line path,
the drives, directories, and files are all separated by a backslash.
File Extension

This is the part of the file name that tell what type of file it is, whether it be a text,
audio, picture, executable or video file.

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