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FILE A file is a "place" where the computer sends or receives information. In that sense, a printer is a file. But so is your terminal. And so is information that you type in and save in a disk file called "MYFILE". When you save "MYFILE", the computer tucks it away in a safe place, usually on a disk. When you want it again, you tell the computer to look for the file called "MYFILE". Simple enough. You and the computer have agreed on how to identify that file. And unless you instruct it to look somewhere else, the computer will look for that file on a disk. If you created "MYFILE" you could also change its name. There are even ways of temporarily changing the name by which you and the computer agree to identify a device. Why would you do that? Right now there's probably no reason in the world. But later on you might find there are some very good reason for setting up temporary names for devices. Please pressBack to Main Index