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FILES

In the same way that you can keep information grouped
together in manila folders, MS-DOS organizes data into files.
While you may store these folders in a cabinet, your computer
stores these files on disks. Separating information into files
allows you to work with that information more efficiently.

There are two basic file types:

Program files

Data files

Program files are files that perform a task. They manipulate the

computer and data files in order to achieve a result. MS-DOS is

a collection of program files, as are the control programs found

in application software.

Data files are files that contain the information (data) used by
program files. A file containing a list of names and addresses
would be a data file.

The two types of files are closely related. Program files usually
create data files. These may be the documents created by a
word processor, the numerical array created by a spreadsheet, or
some other collection of information.

A data file containing a written report can’t do anything by

itself. On the other hand, a word processor is useless without

documents to work on.

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