What I Learned in CompSci #3: Text vs GUI-based Navigation

Text-based vs. GUI-based Navigation

Navigating Cyberspace

2 Types of Navigation:

• Text-based
• GUI-based

Text-based navigation
     -in Windows, text-based navigation uses command prompt or cmd. Uses commands.
   Common Commands in cmd:

• cd - changes directory or shows the current directory. To go to the parent directory, type cd..
• md - creates a directory
• rd - removes a directory
• dir -  shows information about a directory like the files and folders inside. To show ALL files and sub-directories, just type "dir s/"
• ren - renames
• del - deletes a file

Command Prompt - Text-based Navigation

*note: You can't create a folder called "con" in GUI-based Navigation because it is a reserved word that only the system could use
**note: You can create a folder called "con" in text-based navigation by typing "md con\" and removing it by "rd con\"

It is possible to create a con folder

GUI-based navigation
     -means Graphical User Interface
     -in Windows, GUI-based navigation commonly uses Windows Explorer
     -allows interactions through buttons

Windows Explorer - GUI-based Navigation

References:

http://home.messiah.edu/~bb1295/images/Cyberspace.jpg