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years have tried to elevate the naming convention of this
The first ‘GUI’ computer appeared in 1981, with the Xer- very simple structure. Keep in mind, however, folders can
To use this disk on Modern Windows systems you must ox’s Start commercial workstation and was the inspiration be rearranged, folders can be renamed but the folder
‘Initialise ’it. This initialising creates a ‘High level’ format behind all future Graphic User Interface computers. structure cannot be change! A root directory a root folder,
that runs the NTFS file system. Initialising depends on the
and a parent folder are all names used to describe ‘My
operating system being used, subsequently the ‘Fat file sys- Group (definition-as in a Public Group) Film Collection’, folder. The folders Love, Action, and
tem’ (FAT) also runs on a ‘High level’ format Are basically a revamp of the ‘Chat room’. The difference Kids are normally referred to as the subfolder, or the
The exception to the above is the ‘Floppy disk’ or ‘Diskette’. being, they tend to be stricter and more formal. The con- child (In the parent folder >child relationship) of ‘My Film
They can be used direct from the factory and work on both cept of the ‘Chat room’ was to be ‘Chatty’. Groups tend to
Collection’ because they are contained within that folder.
‘High’ and ‘Low level’. Even if you format them they still use be more ‘Straight laced’ and restrictive.( see Chat room) The ‘hierarchal folder structure’ simply means from the
both levels. first folder, for example, ‘My Film Collecting’ to the last
Guid (Pronounced goo-id) folder, which is Love, Action or Kids and if you had added
Forward-slash ‘/’ symbol A unique 16 byte hexadecimal numbers arranged in another folder, to that one, and so on down the list.
The forward slash is commonly used in less formal writing groups, 8, 4, 4, 4, & 12. A dash divides each group and the (Down meaning, in a graphics display of a folder struc-
when dates, fractions… and the like are called for. Its also whole groups held within curly brackets. Guids are unique ture.) The term ‘Directory’ is often used to name any
used in Web addresses (URL) (see Back-slash) identifiers, and assigned to all objects such as, computers, folder containing files or folders. Folder directory mean-
devices and program components. Even components or
Forum objects with the same name are assigned a unique Guid. ing root folder. Subdirectory meaning subfolder. Some
even claim a directory is the same as a folder. There’s
In general ‘Forums’ are usually places where people go to Guids can be found throughout the registry: - {C2FBB630- even the advent of the Complex folder structure. It’s this
get help on software or computer problems. A member 2971-11D1-A18C-00C04FD65D13}
post a problem and other members try to help by posting naming and descriptive ambiguity of a ‘very simple folder
solutions. (see Group & Chat room) Hacker structure’, all systems use, that leaves the poor novice
In the past It was possible to buy books with Titles like, and beginner scratching their heads. If you find yourself
Freeware (Free software). confused by these many variants, or asked one day to
Is software you download from the internet and comes with ‘How to Hack Your Computer’, your ‘Network’, even; ‘How place something in, or remove something from, the root
to hack Your Friends Computer’. In those days the word
no limits and is free of charge. All though most software is ‘Hacker’ peppered the pages of popular computer maga- folder, think simple! Root folders are so named because
genuine, some Freeware can come with Malware attached zines. A ‘Hacker’ was a person who tinkered with comput- they’re only containers. You can see this more clearly if
and can cause more trouble than good. Freeware can also ers, curious and eager to investigate this emerging new you click on your C drive. There you will see a whole list
come bundled with New computers technology. They were also referred to, ‘disparagingly’, as of root folders. Click on the root folder Program files and
you will see another list of root folders. Notice that the
‘Geeks’. root folder, Program files, is only a container, its only
Gigabyte (1024 megabytes. abbreviation GB)
A gigabyte is a unit of measurement, and an expression of Today the word ‘Hacker’ simply means someone with ma- purpose is organisational. The term root folder or root
how much data can be stored on a disc. However in ‘real’ licious intent. A hacker simply wants to, disrupt, steal and directory is often used in software installation manuals
terms this is not the case. An 80 GB disc may only have blackmail; it doesn’t matter who, and steal from them by and on some websites where people are offering or seek-
76GB that you can actually use. The missing gigabytes are ‘hacking’ into their computer. ing advice. Its worth while keeping in mind the directory
is the highest in the hierarchal structure; the directory is
reserved for information the computer needs to work with
Hard Disk Drive (or HDD) listed before or above the root folder. Although the term
the disk. The hard disk Drive comes in a light metal enclosure. Inside the
enclosure is a stack of magnetic ‘Platters or Disks’ designed to was used widely in Ms Dos, each directory was in itself
Glass House. store data on a permanent basis. All though the enclosures are separate, unlike Window, where everything is integrated.
A room that stores, servers, and other network peripherals. universally uniform in size, the storage capacity for hard disk
drives varies from very small to very large
Graphics Card (or Display adapters or Graphic adapt-
ers) Hardware
On PC’s there’re two popular ways of obtaining your Hardware is all physical parts of the computer. It also includes
graphics display. The First is through the Integrated graphics any part related to the computer like the mouse keyboard,
that’s built into the motherboard. The second is with the monitor… and so on.
Graphics Card. This is a separate Card you purchase. The
motherboard will have a predefine slot where you attach Hard Wired
the Card. Unlike the integrated Graphics that uses a portion Something that is permanent. This could be a function or
of the system memory, a graphics card comes with its own circuit that cannot be influenced by anything other than
built in memory. This frees up the memory being used by the user or manufacturers intervention.

the integrated graphics and helps speed up the system.
Head (Found in a hard disk enclosure)
Graphical User Interface (GUI, pron- ‘gooey’) Usually refers to the ‘Head’ that reads and writes data to
The Graphical Users Interface, or simply ‘UI’, is the place and from a platter inside a Hard Disk Drive enclosure.
you see on the screen and the place you work when you’re
using your computer. The Desktop is a ‘UI’ (User Interface). Hexadecimal
When you work inside a program, you’re using the Pro- Hexadecimal numbering system uses the numbers 0
grams ‘UI’. In the early days diehard DOS users would call through 9 plus letters A through F to represent a 16 digit
‘UI’ users ‘WIMPS’ hexadecimal number.
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