Datacom Systems J Class User Manual
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File Manager
The HP VUE application that allows you to manage your files and
directories, and to set viewing preferences.
filename
The name given to a particular file. See also absolute pathname, file,
pathname.
file server
A workstation whose primary task is to control the storage and re-
trieval of data from hard disks. Any number of other workstations can
be linked to the file server in order to use it to access data.
file system
The organized set of files and directories on a hard disk.
floppy diskette
A thin, record–shaped plate that stores data on its magnetic surfaces.
The system uses heads (similar to heads in tape recorders) to read and
write data on concentric disk tracks.
floppy drive
A device that stores data on a flexible diskette.
hard disk
A type of disk that is rigid as opposed to a floppy diskette, which is
flexible.