Device drivers and file systems: files, folders and permissions

This week’s topics

Device drivers and file systems: files, folders and permissions

1. Different file system types
2. The role of device drivers in facilitating communication with hardware devices

What you will be able to do

• 2.1 Compare different file system types.
• 2.3 Describe the role of device drivers in facilitating communication with hardware devices.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: compare different file system types.

Study materials

Videos

• Windows 10 - File Explorer & Management - How to Organize Computer Files and Folders System Tutorial · YouTube · Professor Adam Morgan · 10 min · for registered students
• Everything You Need to Know About Windows Folder Permissions · YouTube · Britec09 · 11 min · for registered students

Further resources

• Introduction to Computer Science, 6.5: File Systems · PDF · OpenStax Introduction to Computer Science (2024), 6.5: directories, file permissions and access rights, pp. 274–278 · for registered students
• Workplace Software and Skills, 2.2: Files and Folders · PDF · OpenStax Workplace Software and Skills (2023), 2.2: creating folder structures and managing files for a user, pp. 64–73 · for registered students
• The UNIX time-sharing system · Open-access article · Ritchie & Thompson (1974), Communications of the ACM. The authors' own readable description of the UNIX operating system. · for registered students