Files exist because decks of punched cards were cumbersome. A best practice was to make a diagonal stripe across the top with magic marker so that you could res

Files exist because decks of punched cards were cumbersome. A best practice was to make a diagonal stripe across the top with magic marker so that you could restore the ordering if you accidentally dropped the deck. Files in a filesystem eliminated the need for that. And the cards were heavy. That's why files exist. Not sure what the article is trying to say, TL/DR