FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER HARDWARE COMPONENTS FUNCTIONS

EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL STORAGE DEVICES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
To keep files organized, related documents are often stored in ____ (also called directories) located on the storage medium.
A
indexes
B
labels
C
folders
D
programs
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is file system. A file system can be thought of as an index or database containing the physical location of every piece of data on the hard drive or another storage device. The data is usually organized in folders called directories, which can contain other folders and files.

Detailed explanation-2: -File storage-also called file-level or file-based storage-is a hierarchical storage methodology used to organize and store data on a computer hard drive or on network-attached storage (NAS) device.

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct answer is File system. Key Points. File system. A file system is a process that manages how and where data on a storage disk, typically a hard disk drive (HDD), is stored, accessed and managed.

Detailed explanation-4: -A file is the common storage unit in a computer, and all programs and data are “written” into a file and “read” from a file. A folder holds one or more files, and a folder can be empty until it is filled. A folder can also contain other folders, and there can be many levels of folders within folders.

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