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I think the recycling bin from Windows 95 really captured a function (or concept, or whatever) of the OS.

A file is space on the file system. When it is deleted, the space is marked for reclamation by the OS for use for something else. When a file is in the recycling bin, the user may clean out the recycling bin, and so the bits of the file are turned into another, different file. It's an interesting analogy. #Concepts #InformationTechnology