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FILE A file is a "place" where the computer sends or
receives information.
In that sense, a printer is a file. But so is your terminal.
And so is information that you type in and save in a disk
file called "MYFILE".
When you save "MYFILE", the computer tucks it away in a safe
place, usually on a disk. When you want it again, you tell
the computer to look for the file called "MYFILE". Simple
enough. You and the computer have agreed on how to identify
that file. And unless you instruct it to look somewhere
else, the computer will look for that file on a disk.
If you created "MYFILE" you could also change its name.
There are even ways of temporarily changing the name by which
you and the computer agree to identify a device.
Why would you do that? Right now there's probably no reason
in the world. But later on you might find there are some
very good reason for setting up temporary names for devices.
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