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file system en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From file + system.

Meanings

  1. A physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or office.
  2. A method of organizing blocks of data on a storage device into files and directories.
    • 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 […]. 2025, Fergus Toolan, File System Forensics, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 3:
  3. A set of blocks that are organized in this way.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
file systems Number=Plur lexicographic
filesystem alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

fsck

Synonyms

filing system

Translations (18)

fr système de fichiers (computing: method of organizing blocks) · bg фа́йлова систе́ма (computing: set of organized blocks) · nl bestandssysteem (computing: method of organizing blocks) · ja ファイルシステム (computing: method of organizing blocks) · ko 파일 시스템 (computing: method of organizing blocks) · bg фа́йлова систе́ма (computing: method of organizing blocks) · el σύστημα αρχείων (computing: method of organizing blocks) · pt sistema de arquivos (computing: method of organizing blocks) · pl system plików (computing: set of organized blocks) · sv filsystem (computing: method of organizing blocks) · cmn 文件系統 /文件系统 (computing: method of organizing blocks) · pt sistema de ficheiros (computing: method of organizing blocks) · fi tiedostojärjestelmä (computing: method of organizing blocks) · de Dateisystem (computing: method of organizing blocks) · de Dateisystem (computing: set of organized blocks) · pl system plików (computing: method of organizing blocks) · fi tiedostojärjestelmä (computing: set of organized blocks) · cs souborový systém (computing: method of organizing blocks)