Shah Khusro
Syed Rahman Mashwani
ABSTRACT
A file can be called an atomic information element that is found all over in computer world just like dust particles in real world. Files are universally used, ranging from personal data on desktop computers, to organizational data shared over local networks and the data that exist on the web. That's why files caught the attention of ours and lead us to study the life of a file from Cradle to Grave or Eternity. In our study we investigate: the birth of a file; sources of file's birth; the tsunami of files; the good, the bad and the ugly files; file aging; file states transition; file lost and the quest of finding a file; a journey in past and future; the death of a file; file resurrection and the gods of clouds.
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