Computer lesson 7 files & folders


Published on

Published in: Education
  • Be the first to comment

No Downloads
Total views
On SlideShare
From Embeds
Number of Embeds
Embeds 0
No embeds

No notes for slide
  • It is very important that all of the data is well organized. That way it is easy for the computer to find what it is looking for.
  • There are many different types of TV shows - comedies, dramas, cartoons, sports shows, game shows, etc.
  • If TV show titles came in 2 parts like computer files, they would give the name of the program, followed by a period, followed by the type of show it is. It might look like this: &amp;quot;Sillykids.toon&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;EmergencyRoom.drama&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;;quot;!
  • Imagine for a moment that you had a giant toy room filled with toys and you were given the job of organizing all of those toys. You decide to start the job by sorting all of the toys and grouping similar toys together. For example, you put all of your red marbles in a box and all of your blue marbles in another box and all of your clear marbles in a third box. Then, you put all of those boxes into a bigger box and label it &amp;quot;marbles&amp;quot;. Then, you might even put the &amp;quot;marbles&amp;quot; box into a bigger box that contains boxes of &amp;quot;super balls&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;tennis balls&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;baseballs&amp;quot;. You would name that big box &amp;quot;balls&amp;quot;. If you continued to organize toys that way, you would end up with an entire room of boxes with labels that contain similar kinds of toys. Then if you needed to find your plastic brontosaurus, you would know to open the box labeled &amp;quot;toy animals&amp;quot; and go past the &amp;quot;bug box&amp;quot; and the &amp;quot;reptile box&amp;quot; until you find the &amp;quot;dinosaur box&amp;quot; - open it and there is the brontosaurus! In this example, the toys are like files and the boxes are like folders. Your computer is set up to store similar files in specific folders. Then similar folders can be put inside other folders, and so on.
  • For example, let&apos;s say that a boy named Adam wants to make a folder of all the fun things he creates on the computer. With an adult&apos;s help, Adam creates a folder titled &amp;quot;Adam&amp;quot;. Within that folder, he creates 3 new folders titled &amp;quot;stories&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;drawings&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;jokes&amp;quot;. Then, when Adam writes a story called &amp;quot;Alien Tap Dancing&amp;quot;, he stores or saves that file that contains the story in the &amp;quot;stories&amp;quot; folder. On a PC, the file name would be &amp;quot;Alien Tap Dancing.txt&amp;quot; because it is a text file
  • Computer lesson 7 files & folders

    1. 1. Files & Folders Computer Lesson 7
    2. 2. Organization <ul><li>Computer hard drives hold an enormous amount of data or information. </li></ul><ul><li>Knowing how a computer's organization system works will help you to find what you are looking for. </li></ul><ul><li>Computers use files and folders to organize data. </li></ul>
    3. 3. What is a file? <ul><li>A file is a collection of data that is stored together. </li></ul><ul><li>Files can be stored on a hard drive, a floppy disk, or a CD. </li></ul><ul><li>Everything that a computer does is based on data stored in files. </li></ul><ul><li>You can do lots of things with files - create them, name them, rename them, save them, or delete them. Certain files can even be looked at, listened to, and run. </li></ul>
    4. 4. Computer Files <ul><li>In some ways, files are like television shows. All TV shows have 3 things, just like computer files: </li></ul><ul><li>Name </li></ul><ul><li>Location </li></ul><ul><li>Length </li></ul>
    5. 5. Filenames <ul><li>File names often consist of 2 parts </li></ul><ul><li>name </li></ul><ul><li>type </li></ul><ul><li>Computer files come in different types </li></ul><ul><li>text files </li></ul><ul><li>graphic files </li></ul><ul><li>program files </li></ul><ul><li>e-mail files </li></ul><ul><li>In many computer systems, files are named so that you know what type of file it is just by looking at the abbreviation behind the name. </li></ul><ul><li>A period is used to separate the name from the type, like this: &quot;name.type&quot;. </li></ul>
    6. 6. File Extensions <ul><li>One important thing that you should know about file types or extensions is that they are always written as abbreviations, usually with 3 letters. </li></ul><ul><li>For example, a text file is shown as .txt  when you are using the program notepad or as . doc when you use Microsoft Word and an executable program file is shown as .exe . </li></ul>
    7. 7. Graphics <ul><li>.jpg - aka “jay peg” - Compressed image format standardized by the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) commonly used for storing digital photos </li></ul><ul><li>.gif - GIFs are common format for Web graphics, especially small images and images that contain text, such as navigation buttons. Image file that may contain up to 256 indexed colors JPEG ( .JPG ) images are better for showing photos because they are not limited in the number of colors they can display. </li></ul><ul><li>.bmp - Also known as a &quot;bump&quot; file. </li></ul>
    8. 8. Text <ul><li>.pdf - The portable document format ( PDF ) is an open standard for document exchange. </li></ul><ul><li>.Htm and html - HTM files serve the exact same purpose as .HTML files. used to display and format text and images in a Web browser. </li></ul><ul><li>.doc - Word processing document created by Microsoft Word, a word processor included with all versions of Microsoft Office; may contain formatted text, images, tables, graphs, charts, page formatting, and print settings. </li></ul>
    9. 9. Compressed files <ul><li>Compressed files use file compression in order to save disk space </li></ul><ul><li>.zip - File compressed or &quot;zipped&quot; using Zip compression, a common type of compression in which every file in the archive is compressed separately </li></ul><ul><li>.sit - common file compression format used on Macintosh systems; </li></ul>
    10. 10. Location <ul><li>Files are stored in certain places within your computer, much like TV programs are shown on certain channels. </li></ul><ul><li>So, to find a file you must know where it is located, just like you must know on what channel to find your favorite TV show. </li></ul><ul><li>If you forget what channel a TV show is on, you can either flip through channels until you find the program or you can look in a TV guide to find the information you need quickly. </li></ul>
    11. 11. Search <ul><li>The quickest way to find files on most computers is to use Search . </li></ul><ul><li>This is a type of search program where you can type in the name of a file and the computer will search and tell you where the file is located. </li></ul><ul><li>If you use a Windows Operating System, Search is located on your Start Menu . </li></ul>
    12. 12. Minutes vs Bytes <ul><li>TV Programs, like files, have specific lengths. TV shows may be 30 minutes long, 1 hour long, or several hours long. </li></ul><ul><li>Files are not measured in time, but in bytes. A byte is a measurement of stored data. </li></ul><ul><li>Larger files may be measured in kilobytes (kb) or megabytes (mb). The length of a file tells how much storage space that file is using within the computer. </li></ul>8 bits = 1 byte (B) 1,000 bytes = 1 Kilobyte (KB) 1,000 K = 1 Megabyte (MB) 1,000 MB = 1 Gigabyte (GB) 1,000 GB = 1 Terabyte (TB)
    13. 13. Folders or Directories <ul><li>With so many thousands of files stored inside a computer, it is very important to keep them organized. Folders , also known as Directories , keep files organized by grouping them together. </li></ul>
    14. 14. Folders <ul><li>Many times, the computer will automatically store files in certain folders in order to keep itself organized. </li></ul><ul><li>However, when you create new files, you must decide which folders to put them. You can even create new folders to store your files.. </li></ul>
    15. 15. Understanding an Address <ul><li>On a PC, the address might look like this: &quot;C:My DocumentsAdamstoriesAlien Tap Dancing.txt&quot;. </li></ul><ul><li>In this case, the letter &quot;C&quot; indicates the hard drive, as most PCs assign a letter to each drive in the system. </li></ul><ul><li>Note, that the file address always includes the drive, folder(s), and file name in exactly that order. </li></ul>
    16. 16. Be A Responsible Computer User <ul><li>Never delete, move or rename a file unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing! </li></ul><ul><li>A computer relies on many files to keep itself running correctly, so changing or deleting those files can cause major computer malfunctions. </li></ul><ul><li>When in doubt, ask a parent, teacher or other expert for assistance. </li></ul>