Files and Directories: The Basics of How Computers Organize Data | Funifytools
A file is a container for data—documents, photos, music, videos, or even programs—you open, save, move, and share.
Directories (folders) organize files and can contain other directories, creating a hierarchical tree from a root (e.g., C:\ in Windows).
This structure makes finding and managing information easier, like grouping photos into “Travel,” “Family,” and “School.”
The operating system manages names, locations, sizes, and timestamps through a file system (NTFS on Windows, APFS on macOS, ext4 on Linux).
Grasping files (units of data) and directories (their containers) is foundational for deeper computing topics—next up: file extensions.
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