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The File

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A file is a collection of related information stored on a storage instrument — the smallest storage unit from the user's perspective, named in two parts: a name and an extension.

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An essay saved once becomes one named, findable, durable thing.

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Below the user's smallest unit sit layers the OS keeps private.