Keeping Files on File

the first part of a filename

• filename proper

• extension

adding data to a file

• updating

• naming

saving a new file

• creating

• extracting

has folders that hold the contents of the device

• filename

• directory

converting a file from its original format to the format of the program you are currently using

• importing

• exporting

all folders within a device

• subdirectories

• pathname

the main, or primary, directory

• root directory

• subdirectory

done to work again on a file that was compressed

• extract

• create

transferring a file from your computer and placing it into a server so others can see it

• uploading

• downloading

allows the creation, deletion, and renaming of files

• executing

• file management program