Basic Computer Hardware and Software

File Management

• Different programs have different file extensions.
• Naming files - avoid the following characters in naming files:

Examples:

• @
• *
• .
• Understand the parts of a path name.

Example: C:\SciVis\movie.avi

Drive designator Directory or folder File name File extension

File Management

• Merging files - in 3D graphics, bringing an outside file into an open file (another name for this may be loading or replacing objects in the workspace).
• Importing files - bringing a converted non-native format file into an open file.

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