UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER FILES
FILE SYSTEMS
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The top
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The leaf
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The root
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The shrub
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the top of the hierarchy is the “root” directory, symbolized by “ / ”. In the following example, Figure 3–1, each directory in the file system contains many subdirectories. The / character distinguishes directory levels.
Detailed explanation-2: -The directory at the highest level of hierarchy in a file system is called the root directory. The root directory contains all other folders and files.
Detailed explanation-3: -The root directory is the top-level directory in a folder structure. All of the other folders grow outwards from the root directory, so it makes sense to think of the root directory as the trunk of a tree from which the branches grow.
Detailed explanation-4: -The root folder in your Outlook mailbox is the folder at the top of your folder list. In Outlook 2010 and later versions the root folder is displayed as your email address, and in Outlook 2007 the root folder is displayed as Mailbox-username.
Detailed explanation-5: -The top-level folder for most customers is the Documents folder.