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Tick ( ) if you know this.
▶ The Start menu is the first icon we can see in the center position.
▶ Windows 11 is the latest 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 11 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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