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What Is A File?

What Is A File?. By: Jonathan Melton Jordan Flowers. Basic Definition: a named collection of stored data. Examples: An type of document saved under a specific name in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Such as: Word: “Filename.doc” Excel: “Book1.xlsx” Powerpoint: “Filename.ppt” . A File Is….

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What Is A File?

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  1. What Is A File? By: Jonathan Melton Jordan Flowers

  2. Basic Definition: a named collection of stored data. • Examples: An type of document saved under a specific name in Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. • Such as: • Word: “Filename.doc” • Excel: “Book1.xlsx” • Powerpoint: “Filename.ppt” A File Is…

  3. An executable file is one that tells the computer how to perform a task. • A data file is created by the used • Ex. A paper wrote in Word. Executable vs. Data

  4. Storage medium is a device for recording information • Storage device is also a device for recording information Storage medium/Storage Device

  5. Magnetic media stores data as a magnetized particles. • Ex. A hard disk or hard drive disk • Optical media are polycarbonate discs coated with reflected metal. Data is recorded using laser technology • Ex. CD’s, DVD’s, Blue Ray , flash memory, flash memory cards Magnetic media and Optical Media

  6. CD=Compact Disc Definition: An optical storage device that stores 700 MB of data. What Does Each Abbreviation Stand For?

  7. DVD= Is No Longer An Acronym Definition: Same as a CD but stores between 4.7 and 15.9 GB of data. An optical storage device, that stores data. This data can be music or even a full length film. Abbreviations continued…

  8. Blu-ray=Not An Acronym Definition: Stores 25 MB of data. Their main purpose is for storing high-definition videos. Abbreviations continued…

  9. CD-R=Compact Disc Recordable Definition: Used to store data on a CD, record it on CD-R. • CD-RW=Compact Disc Rewritable Definition: The same thing as a CD-RW. • CD-ROM=Compact Disc Read-Only Memory Definition: These are CD’s already come with some kind of software or music on it. A viewer can look at what is on the disc, however they could not put anymore data onto it. Abbreviations continued…

  10. DVD-R= DVD Recordable Definition: DVD’s that a user can record and re-record data. • DVD-RW= DVD Rewritable Definition: Re-recordable DVD’s, the capability of reading and writing to CD’s and DVD’s, as well as DVD’s with two layers. • BD-RE=Blu-Ray Disc Recordable Erasable Definition: These are Blu-Ray discs that a user can record data multiple times. • BD-R=Blu-Ray Disc Recordable Definition: Blu-Ray Discs that can only be recorded once. Abbreviations continued…

  11. The Small “b” actually means bit. Definition: is the basic capacity of information in computing and telecommunications.Bits can be implemented in many forms. In most modern computing devices, a bit is usually represented by an electrical voltage or current pulse, or by the electrical state of a flip-flop circuit. • 8 bits constitute a byte of data. The Small b

  12. Definition: Data storage made from silicon chips. • http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_some_examples_of_solid_state_storage_devices#slideshow_catimages=callout_0.0 Solid State Storage

  13. A bit would be the smallest unit of storage. • 8 bits = 1 byte • 1 kilobyte = Approximately 1,000 bytes • 1 Megabyte = Approximately 1,000,000 bytes • 1 Gigabyte = Approximately 1,000,000,000 bytes. • The symbols KB, MB, and GB refer to processing capacity, storage capacity, and file sizes. Byte Size Availability

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