1. 2.3 Files, Folders, and Removable Storage Formerly Titled Overthrowing a Banana Republic in Five Days or Less

2. Define the following Files Folders/directories Drives Icons Shortcuts Network Servers Cloud

3. Files Computer files can be considered as the modern counterpart of paper documents which traditionally are kept in office and library files This may be the source of the term. All electronic document, image, spreadsheet, PDF are files.

4. Folders/Directories Folders, also know as directories, are file system storage containers for files On most Windows systems, folders are identified by an icon containing an image a folder Example: Examples of folders are: Documents Downloads Music Pictures

5. Drives Containers of folders and files Drives can be assigned letters Drive Examples: C:\

6. icons Computer icons are pictograms displayed on computer screens to help users navigation a computer system Examples of computer icons:

7. Shortcuts Keystroke combinations that start a process or perform a complicated task on a file Desktop applications that use an icon and when selected (clicked) start applications or open files Example Desktop Shortcuts:

8. Networks The infrastructure that allows our computers to exchange information We have two networks HPPL – our public access WIFI network Private – our secure network

9. Servers The computers that make up or network Some of our servers are virtual servers, some are actual servers Example Servers: Juno – Home to our public and shared drives Plato – Home to our printers Zeus – Father of Gods and men, who rules the Olympians of Mount Olympus and is a server on our network

10. Cloud The cloud is a metaphor for the internet We can store files on the cloud by creating account with companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Dropbox Our Library Office 365 accounts give us access to Microsoft’s One Drive Our One Drive account allows us 25 Gigabytes and will soon be updated to 1 terabyte for each staff member Having cloud storage means you can save and access your cloud files from any internet enabled device from anywhere on the planet, providing you have access to the Internet.

11. Use Computers and programs to… Demo opening files on a flash drive, and hard drive Demo create new folders and sub-folders Demo rename, copy, move, and delete files and folders Demo creating shortcuts to files, folders and programs Demo find files and folders using the Search

12. Use Computers and programs to … Demo retrieve deleted files from the recycle bin Demo empty the recycle bin Select and move multiple file and folders or documents