ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

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Okay, imagine you have a toy box. The toy box is like the hard drive in your computer. It can hold a certain number of toys, just like your hard drive can hold a certain amount of data.

Now, let's say you have a lot of toys and your toy box is getting full. You might decide to take some toys out and put them in a different toy box to make more space. This is like deleting files or moving them to an external hard drive to free up space on your computer's hard drive.

But sometimes, even if you've taken some toys out of the toy box, it still looks pretty full. This is because the toys are not all the same size. Some toys might be very big and take up a lot of space, while others are small and barely take up any space at all.

The same thing happens with files on your computer's hard drive. Even if you've deleted a bunch of files, some large files might still be taking up a lot of space and making it seem like there's not much room left.

When you use the command "df -h" in the terminal on your computer, it shows you how much space is available on your hard drive, and how much of that space is being used by different types of files. This can help you see which files are taking up the most space, so you can decide if you need to delete or move them to make more room.