Labels:book | chat room | hakham | map | monitor | poster | tree OCR: OPERATING SYSTEMS AND FILE MANAGEMENT 2 1 5 FILE MANAGEMENT METAPHORS FIGURE 4.37 How can tile management utility You can visualize the directory help me visualize my computer's file ofa disk as a tree on its side. storage? File management utilities often The trunk corresponds to the use some sort of storage metaphor to help root directory, the branches to you visualize and mentally organize the files folders, and the leaves to files on your disks and other storage devices. These metaphors are also called logical stor- age models because they are supposed to help you form mental (logical) picture of the way in which your files are stored What storage metaphors are typically used for personal computers? After hearing so much about files and folders, you might have guessed that the filing ca ...
