The Installable File System (IFS) is a filesystem API in MS-DOS/PC DOS 4.x, IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows that enables the operating system to recognize...
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operating systems implemented extended attributes as a layer over UFS1 with a parallel backing file (e.g., FreeBSD 4.x). Some Installable File System drivers...
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A clustered file system (CFS) is a file system which is shared by being simultaneously mounted on multiple servers. There are several approaches to clustering...
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Installation (computer programs) (redirect from System installer)
more than just erasing the program folder. For example, registry files and other system code may need to be modified or deleted for a complete uninstallation...
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The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for sharing data using a distributed hash table...
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file system is a file system designed for storing files on flash memory–based storage devices. While flash file systems are closely related to file systems...
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In OS/2 and Microsoft Windows, the virtual file system mechanism is called the Installable File System. The Filesystem in Userspace (FUSE) mechanism...
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Apple File System (APFS) is a proprietary file system developed and deployed by Apple Inc. for macOS Sierra (10.12.4) and later, iOS 10.3, tvOS 10.2,...
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of file systems File system Filename extension Filing Open Service Interface Definition (OSID) Installable File System (IFS) List of file systems Virtual...
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HAMMER is a high-availability 64-bit file system developed by Matthew Dillon for DragonFly BSD using B+ trees. Its major features include infinite NFS-exportable...
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computing, a distributed file system (DFS) or network file system is any file system that allows access from multiple hosts to files shared via a computer...
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Steganographic file systems are a kind of file system first proposed by Ross Anderson, Roger Needham, and Adi Shamir. Their paper proposed two main methods...
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Ext2Fsd (category Windows disk file systems)
(short for Ext2 File System Driver) is a free Installable File System driver written in C for the Microsoft Windows operating system family. It facilitates...
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systems, a device file, device node, or special file is an interface to a device driver that appears in a file system as if it were an ordinary file....
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storage reserved for a file in a file system, represented as a range of block numbers, or tracks on count key data devices. A file can consist of zero or...
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Filesystem in Userspace (redirect from File system in userspace)
compatibility 9P (protocol) Installable File System Dokan Library FUSE Windows compatibility Windows Projected File System (ProjFS) "Release 3.17.2". 23...
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the file or directory, hence making it impossible to store OS/2 EAs on FAT32 using this method. However, the third-party FAT32 installable file system (IFS)...
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commonly known as "MSI files", from their default filename extensions. The packages with the file extensions mst contain Windows Installer "Transformation Scripts"...
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development manager for file systems and device drivers, and technical advisor to Paul Maritz. The breakthrough concept of Installable File System in OS/2 is attributed...
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In computing, a file system or filesystem (often abbreviated to FS or fs) governs file organization and access. A local file system is a capability of...
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The Encrypting File System (EFS) on Microsoft Windows is a feature introduced in version 3.0 of NTFS that provides filesystem-level encryption. The technology...
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The Logic File System is a research file system which replaces pathnames with expressions in propositional logic. It allows file metadata to be queried...
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Performance File System) is a file system created specifically for the OS/2 operating system to improve upon the limitations of the FAT file system. It was...
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February 1990. This file system, now called JFS1 on AIX, was the premier file system for AIX over the following decade and was install jndsed in thousands...
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Architecture of Windows 9x (category Operating systems by architecture)
takes over from io.sys as kernel Installable file System Manager: IFSHLP.SYS – Enables Windows to make direct file system calls; bypassing MS-DOS methods...
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Ext2 (redirect from Second extended file system)
an Installable File System, such as ext2ifs or ext2Fsd. Filesystem in Userspace can be used on macOS. e2fsprogs StegFS – a steganographic file system based...
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Soft updates (category Unix file system technology)
Soft updates is an approach to maintaining file system metadata integrity in the event of a crash or power outage. Soft updates work by tracking and enforcing...
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which may be required between network packets or network frames Installable File System, a filesystem API in IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows NT InfoPath...
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The Unix file system (UFS) is a family of file systems supported by many Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It is a distant descendant of the original...
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Windows 9x (section File systems)
third-party Installable File System drivers. FAT systems have very limited security; every user that has access to a FAT drive also has access to all files on...
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