From Files & File Systems: Crash Course Computer Science #20 7/12/2017 | 11m 42sVideo has Closed Captions| CC Today we’re going to look at how our computers read and interpret computer files.

The computer keeps track of where to look for each file; pieces of a single document, for example, might be stored in clusters all over the disk.

A computer file is a block of arbitrary information, or resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. A file is ...

This might cause temporary files to build up on your hard disk and may be why your computer has slowed down. Cleansing your temporary files, including your internet history — including cookies — gives ...

How to Find Unused Files in a Computer. Old, unused and unneeded files can waste a lot of space on a hard drive. In the interest of keeping your hard drives clean and optimized, it's a good idea ...

Color-Coded Computer File Names. Windows Explorer allows you to browse the files and folders stored on your Windows computer or attached media. By default, Windows Explorer displays the names of ...

But most computer users are unaware that merely deleting a file doesn't erase it. So investigators depend in large part on the carelessness of users as well as the complexity of their machines.