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HANDLING COMPUTER FILES
CONTENT
- Basic Operations on a Computer File
- Steps Involved in Creating and Accessing Sequential Files
- Effects of File Insecurity
Basic Operations on a Computer File
The following are some operations that can be performed on a computer file;
(i) File creation: Creating a file with a given name
(ii) File deletion: Deleting files that are no longer wanted
(iii) File retrieval: Retrieving a lose file or stored file.
(iv) File copy: Copying a created file to either an external or in-built storage device.
(v) File view: Viewing a created file or granting privilege of viewing.
(vi) File update: Reading or changing the content of a file.
(vii) File open: Opening the content of a file on the screen.
(viii) File close: Losing access to a file by closing, until it is opened again.
EVALUATION
- Outline five (5) basic operations on a computer file.
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Wilfred Bassey
Halima Ahmadu
David Oyedepo
Sadiq Barau
Zainab