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Reading files the hard way
1 hour 6 min
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Everybody knows how to use files. You just open up File Explorer, the Finder, or a File Manager, and bam - it’s chock-full of files. There’s folders and files as far as the eye can see. It’s a genuine filapalooza. I have never once heard someone complain there were not enough files on their computer.
But what is a file, really? And what does reading a file entail, exactly?