worksheets - Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Tejas: My mother does beautiful embroidery. Her
embroidery box is neatly arranged. The coloured
threads are all kept in one partition, the beads are in
another partition, various sizes of needles are kept in
a small box. She says that, when things are arranged in
their place, we can find them easily. When we work
systematically, we can enjoy our work.
Moz: You have given very good examples. Now, give
me a few examples on the computer.
Jyoti: From Applications menu, when we choose games
then we find a list of all the games that we can play.
Tejas: In Scratch, the costumes for the Sprites are
organized in folders according to the categories that they belong to. For
example, all animal costumes can be found in animals folder.
We organize things in our home, school and office systematically so
that we can find them easily. This also saves time.
CONCEPTS
Similarly suitable naming and organizing of files and folders on a
computer is important. This helps us to find the information that
we want easily.
Tejas and Jyoti: Thanks, Moz for teaching us so much about the computers.
Moz: I too enjoyed your company. I have learned the exercises, yoga asanas.
I have to now go to Anandavan. Do all the projects that I have prepared and
have fun using the computers. See you next year. Chin Chinaki...
Learning Outcome
After you have studied this lesson,
you will be able to:
Select appropriate names for files
and folders.
Organise data using files, folders
and sub-folders.
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