File management

Question 1

identify different file types and their use

Answer 1

-Css (cascading stylesheet)
Attached to a web page to define the page’s colour scheme, fonts etc
-Csv (comma separated values)
Takes data in the form of a table and saves it in text format
-Gif (graphics interchange format)
Moving images stored using a small file size
-Htm (Hypertext Markup Language)
Creates markup that a web browser can display as a web page
-Jpg (joint photographic expert group)
Uses a small file size to use on web pages
-Mp3 (moving pictures experts group layer 3)
Compressed file format to store audio files
-Mp4 (moving picture experts group layer 4)
Multimedia container that is used for storing videos, audio, subtitles etc
-Pdf (portable document format)
Document converted into an image
-Png (portable network graphics)
Compresses graphics without compromising quality
-Rtf (rich text format)
Saves some of the formatting within text
-Txt (text)
Can be opened with any word processor
-Zip
Reduces the number of bytes needed to save a file or reduce transmission rates

Question 2

Explain why generic file formats are needed

Answer 2

They allow you to save files so that they can be opened on any platform