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Tick ( ) if you know this.

                       ▶   The left pane of the Start menu contains the shortcuts to various apps.

                       ▶   Windows 10 is the most popular operating system.






                            FILES AND FOLDERS

                  You might have organised your school assignments in different folders so that you could

                  find them easily. For a similar reason, Windows 10 lets us organise our work in the form of
                  files and folders. Let us learn more about them.


                  FILES
                  The work we do or the information we collect is saved in the form of files. For example, the

                  drawing we make in Paint, the story or poem we type in Word, or the songs and videos
                  we download from the Internet, everything is stored as separate files on the computer. A

                  file is a collection of data and information, stored on a storage device such as a hard disk,
                  pen drive and CD/ DVD.

                  Every file is given a name and is associated with a file extension like .docx for Word files,
                  .xlsx for Excel files which describes its type. Each type of file has its own specific icon. This

                  helps us to identify the type of file by just looking at the icon.












                      Document file         Excel file       PowerPoint file        Music file         Video file


                  FOLDER

                  A folder is a file cabinet where we can store our files and other subfolders.
                  It helps us to keep our files organised. A folder is also known as directory.
                  All related files are generally kept in a folder so that we can locate them

                  easily when required. The icon of a folder is different from the icon of a file.
                  A folder inside a folder is called a subfolder.
                                                                                                           Folder






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