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What is a file?

For all the zoomers out there that don't know what a file is?

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A file is a collection of data or information that is related each other for example it is a collection of related documents or papers that are arranged so that they can be consulted easily

Computer file:it is a digital data that contains stored information and stored in a computer readable form.it is a digital information stored in a computer format(electronic format) which is available to a computer programmer and is based on some kind of durable storage.

Field: it is also called "attributes" is an area reserved for each piece of individual data(each data) such as student's number,address and number.

Record: is a group of related file pertaining to one person's place or thing

Data item: is a single member of a data element.it's a unit stored data to a field.

Types of data item

  • Numeric data
  • Alphabetic data
  • Graphical data
  • Alphanumeric data
  • Audio data

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