File Basics
A file is a collection of this, stored in one unit.
What is data?
A folder is sometimes also called this.
What is a directory?
.jpg or .png
What is an image file?
You download a song called track01.mp3. Which category does it belong to?
What is Audio?
True or False: Every file and folder must have a name.
What is True?
This part of the file name tells the computer what program to use.
What is the file extension?
The process of naming, sorting, and organizing files is called this.
What is file management?
.mp3
What is an audio file?
You rename photo.jpg to photo.mp3. What happens?
The file won’t open / the computer can’t recognize it.
In the football analogy, if you rename a player but keep their jersey logo, they still play the same sport. Which file concept is this?
What is renaming the file without changing its extension?
A .txt file is this type of file.
What is Text Only?
In our sports analogy, this person represents file management.
Who is the coach?
.pptx and .docx
What is document processing
In the football analogy, this is what happens when a player shows up without a jersey.
What is a file without an extension (the computer doesn’t know what to do with it)?
The difference between Save and Save As is…
What is Save updates the file, Save As creates a new one?
This is the difference between a file and a folder.
What is a file is a single unit of data, while a folder stores files and other folders?
Name an actions you can do with file management.
What is open, create, modify, copy, cut, delete
.avi and .mp4
What is video
Your teacher asks you to send a file that won’t change formatting on another computer. Which extension should you use?
What is .pdf?
.xlsx
Excel, document processsing
A .docx file is usually opened with this program.
What is Microsoft Word?
This larger system provides the rules and structure for handling files.
What is a file management system (stadium/league in our analogy)
.psd
What is an Adobe Photoshop file?
A teacher asks for your paper as a .pdf, but you turn it in as a .docx. What’s the problem?
A .docx can change formatting on different computers, while a .pdf keeps the layout the same.
.wmv, .mpeg, .wav
What is .wav