From c. 1900 and before the advent of computers the terms file system, filing system and system for filing were used to … See more

A local file system's architecture can be described as layers of abstraction even though a particular file system design may not actually separate the concepts.
The logical file system layer provides relatively hi… See more

A file name, or filename, identifies a file to consuming applications and in some cases users.
A file name is unique so that an application can refer to exactly one file for a particular name. If th… See more

A disk file system takes advantages of the ability of disk storage media to randomly address data in a short amount of time. Additional considerations include the speed of accessing data following that initially requested … See more

An operating system (OS) typically supports one or more file systems. Sometimes an OS and its file system are so tightly interwoven that it is difficult to describe them independently.
An OS typi… See more

File systems limit storable data capacity – generally driven by the typical size of storage devices at the time the file system is designed and anticipated into the foreseeable future.
Since stora… See more