Files Vocabulary
| Backup | A copy of a file or disk you make for archiving purposes.1 |
| Crash | A system malfunction in which the computer stops working and has to be restarted.1 Program that terminates without warning or reason.4 The entire screen freezes and allows no communication. |
| Cylinders | Two corresponding tracks on a fixed disk.4 Used in floppy disks and hard drives. |
| Delete | A command that is used in terms of deleting/removing data or files.4 The keyboard key is identified as DEL. |
| Directory Path | The names of all the drives, folders, and subfolders needed to locate a file.5 The complete location of where a computer, file, web, or other object is located.4 |
| Document | A file that the user creates, sees, and/or interacts with on-screen. They are contained within a window, and typically include a menu bar, a title bar, a status bar, a page (or pages), and various toolbars.5 |
| File | The generic word for an application, document, control panel, or other computer data.1 |
| File Extension | A string of letters, usually three, (preceded by a period) that follow a file name. It categorizes the file and identifies the program that can open/activate the file.5 |
| Folder | An organizational container for one or more subfolders and/or files.5 A location that stores multiple files and other folders found in the GUI operating systems.4 |
| Head | Device found on the arm of a hard drive that is used to read data from the hard disk drives disk platter.4 |
| Lands | The flat surfaces on the surface of a CD that does not reflect light when it is hit by a laser. This works with the Lands to allow the electrical eye to interpret the data. |
| My Documents | A folder designed in Windows for as the default, or predetermined setting, location for a user to save his or her files and documents. Usually connected to the profile so different users have access to their own folders. |
| Optimize | Term used to describe the improvement of overall performance in software, hardware of the computer.4 |
| Pits | Microscopic indentions on the surface of a CD that reflects light when it is hit by a laser. This works with the Lands to allow the electrical eye to interpret the data. |
| Recycle Bin | A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Windows operating systems. It allows users to easily recover files that have been mistakenly deleted.4 |
| RPM | Revolutions per Minute. Used to help determine the access time on computer hard disk drives. It is a measurement of how many complete revolutions a computer's hard disk drive makes in a single minute.4 |
| Save | To write a file onto a disk.1 The command is usually found under the File menu.4 |
| Save As | A File menu item; to save a previously saved file in a new location and/or with a new name.1 Allows users to specify the name and location of where he or she wishes to save the file before saving it.4 |
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by: Casey Jo Burrus
Last Updated:
December 28, 2013
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