You should develop an understanding of the characteristics of data storage and the future of data storage. As always, it is important to review your reading comprehension by reading the summary and going over the review questions at the end of the chapter. Use the PACE CD to review your readings. Please review the whole chapter five session and start to use the bookmark feature if you have not already. When files are saved, they are assigned filenames.
Filenames are for users to identify files.
The extension is separated from the name of the file by a period. File extensions allow operating systems to identify and associate the file with there respective applications. As such, programs may be started automatically when the file icon is double-clicked. To master computing you need to understand the concept of folders and how they are used to group related files. Your system probably has a folder named Windows on it.