Files

Question 1

File

Answer 1

Sequence of bytes stored on a secondary storage device

Question 2

Where are they stored

Answer 2

Folders or directories

Question 3

Text files

Answer 3

Made up if strings each of which is terminated by a newline

Question 4

Binary files

Answer 4

Store information in application-specific formats e.g. PDF, JPEG

Question 5

Syntax for opening files

Answer 5

= open (,)

Question 6

Encoding

Answer 6

Specifically useful one for files that contain non-ascii characters(encoding=’utf-8’)

Question 7

Character encoding capable of encoding Unicode characters?

Answer 7

utf-8

Question 8

exceptions

Answer 8

Runtime error that can be checked for and dealt with in a program