EECS 1520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Graphical User Interface, Root Directory, Working Directory

• School: York University
• Department: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Course: EECS 1520
• Professor: Steven Castellucci

Document Summary

File systems and organization part 1: file container for data or related information. Can contain plain text or other binary data. Suffix at end of a file name. Describes the file type or kind of data contained in the file. Os (operating system) associates file extensions with the program meant to open the file. File extension is used by operating system to figure out what program is meant to open that file. Documents top 3 microsoft office bottom 3 open office. Text based can be opened up by a variety of programs. Often depicted graphically as a file folder. Folder = graphical representation in operating system. Subdirectories within the root: program files, users, windows. Jane organized her files into 2 subdirectories: docs and pics. Docs subdirectory called labs and 2 files: assignment 3 and letter. Pics directory organized into 2 subdirectories: vacay and family. Double click local disk see various subdirectories in the root of the file system.