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Definition of File system

1. Noun. A system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically).

Definition of File system

1. Noun. (computing) A method of organizing blocks on a storage device into files and directories. ¹

2. Noun. (computing) A set of blocks which are so organized. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of File system

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"A first-to-file system has some advantages. Since patents disclose the ... Under a first-to-file system, a small inventor might lose out to a later inventor ..."

2. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"A Storage Checkpoint is a persistent image of a file system at any given time. Storage Checkpoints use a copy-on-write technology to reduce I/O overhead by ..."

3. Terrorism: U.S.-Russian Workshop Proceedings by Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk (2004)
"It usually happens that an operating system's built-in access limitations work with a new file system but might not with an old one, as they make use of ..."

4. Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Developer's Workshopby John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb by John Clark Craig, Jeff Webb (1998)
"The file system objects have a relatively flat organization. ... End Sub One limitation of file system objects is that they do not include methods for ..."

5. Guide to Understanding Trusted Recovery in Trusted Systems by Virgil D. Gligor (1991)
"Thus, the CFS recovery procedures can rebuild the file system structure using redundant information after a crash-producing failure. ..."

6. Network Security by David J. Stang (1991)
"The /home file system may be mounted by any of the hosts in either the ... The /var/spool/mail file system is also restricted to these hosts, ..."

7. SAS(R) 9.1 Companion for OpenVMS Alpha by Sas Institute, Institute SAS Institute (2004)
"Basics of the OpenVMS file system Directories Introduction to the OpenVMS Directory File Structure In the OpenVMS environment, files are organized into ..."

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