Let's Talk About Directories
We store information on computers in directories.
I tend to think of directories as being
like filing cabinets with clearly labelled drawers and folders. Again,
these directories help organize information to make it easily accessible
by the computer. Once you, the programmer or user, have an understanding
of how directories work, it can help you more easily access information
on the World Wide Web and on a Windows computer. Here's how it works.
Let's go back to a sample URL
http://www.angelfire.com/on2/isushake/parrish.html
| www.angelfire.com |
the host- the directory
on the main computer where a web page is stored
all the web pages belonging
to angelfire members are stored in this huge directory |
|
on2
|
Angelfire uses subdirectories
named by the province or state of the user. In
this case, the first Ontario directory "on" was full, so I had to stored
my files in the "on2' directory.
Ideally, all pages by Ontario
Angelfire users are stored in the "on2" subdirectory.
Different hosts will order
the subdirectories differently.
Some hosts don't use these
particular kinds of subdirectories. |
|
isushake
|
This is my directory. All
of the pages in the isushake directory belong to me. ..and they're mine!
a
note about naming directories |
|
parrish.html
|
This is no longer a directory.
This is a file within the directory "isushake", and , by looking at the
file extension, we can see that it is an html file. ( a document written
in html code). |
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