On your desktop you should see an icon for your computer which looks similar to this. Network drives are remotely located drives which you are connected to via the University’s ICT network.
Removable storage includes drives you can take with you and connect to any computer, such as a USB stick, and media such as DVDs and CDs which contain data. Local drives are physically attached to the computer that you are using.
There are three main types of drives: local drives, removable storage and network drives. Hard drives (often just called drives) are devices which store files and folders, such as the documents you create at work. So we thought we’d focus the next couple of articles on local jargon, starting with the F and G drive, as these are terms used pretty regularly at the University. One staff member mentioned to us that it was great learning about terms used wider on the internet, but he didn’t understand some of the local jargon used internally at Sheffield Hallam University as well. Today we’re looking at the F drive and G drive. We’ll do our best to break down the jargon and explain what things are from a basic perspective. This is part of a regular series of articles exploring some of the terms used in e-learning ( view other articles in the series).
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