file system

See also: filesystem

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file system

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Alternative forms

• filesystem

Etymology

From file +‎ system.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

file system (plural file systems)

1. A physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or office.
2. (computing) A method of organizing blocks of data on a storage device into files and directories.
   • 2025, Fergus Toolan, File System Forensics, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 3:

     Every computer system therefore needs a method of managing files. This is generally achieved through the use of a file system. File systems exist on every electronic storage device […] .

3. (computing) A set of blocks that are organized in this way.

Derived terms

• fsck

Translations

computing: method of organizing blocks

Bulgarian: фа́йлова систе́ма n (fájlova sistéma) Chinese: Mandarin: 文件系統 / 文件系统 (wénjiàn xìtǒng) Czech: souborový systém m Dutch: bestandssysteem (nl) n Finnish: tiedostojärjestelmä (fi) French: système de fichiers (fr) m German: Dateisystem n Greek: σύστημα αρχείων (el) n (sýstima archeíon) Japanese: ファイルシステム (fairu shisutemu) Korean: 파일 시스템 (pail siseutem) Polish: system plików (pl) m Portuguese: sistema de arquivos m (Brazil), sistema de ficheiros m Swedish: filsystem (sv) c

computing: set of organized blocks

Bulgarian: фа́йлова систе́ма n (fájlova sistéma) Finnish: tiedostojärjestelmä (fi) German: Dateisystem n Polish: system plików (pl) m