the extended file system family: ext2, the second extended file system. ext3, the third extended file system. ext4, the fourth extended file system. List...
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Extended file attributes are file system features that enable users to associate computer files with metadata not interpreted by the filesystem, whereas...
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Ext2 (redirect from Second extended file system)
ext2, or second extended file system, is a file system for the Linux kernel. It was initially designed by French software developer Rémy Card as a replacement...
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File System (BFS) is the native file system for the BeOS. In the Linux kernel, it is referred to as "BeFS" to avoid confusion with Boot File System....
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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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The Minix file system is the native file system of the Minix operating system. It was written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum in the 1980s and aimed to replicate...
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File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default file system for the MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating...
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HFS Plus (redirect from Hierarchical File System Plus)
OS Extended or HFS Extended) is a journaling file system developed by Apple Inc. It replaced the Hierarchical File System (HFS) as the primary file system...
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layered on top of extended attributes. Some operating systems implemented extended attributes as a layer over UFS1 with a parallel backing file (e.g., FreeBSD...
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Extent File System (EFS) – an older block filing system under IRIX. ext – Extended file system, designed for Linux systems. ext2 – Second extended file system...
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In a computer file system, a fork is a set of data associated with a file-system object. File systems without forks only allow a single set of data for...
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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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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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ISO 9660 (redirect from Joliet (file system))
ISO 9660 (also known as ECMA-119) is a file system for optical disc media. The file system is an international standard available from the International...
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The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems. It continues to be used on mobile devices and embedded...
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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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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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Transaction-Safe FAT File System (TFAT) and Transaction-Safe Extended FAT File System (TexFAT) refer to two file systems used in Microsoft products to...
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NTFS (redirect from NT File System)
NT File System (NTFS) (commonly called New Technology File System) is a proprietary journaling file system developed by Microsoft in the 1990s. It was...
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Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol originally developed by Sun Microsystems (Sun) in 1984, allowing a user on a client computer...
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Typically, a file system maintains permission settings for each stored item – commonly files and directories – that either grant or deny the ability to...
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In computing, the NetWare File System (NWFS) was a file system based on a heavily optimized, journal-based FAT file system. It was used in the Novell NetWare...
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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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distributed file system, generally used for large-scale cluster computing. The name Lustre is a portmanteau word derived from Linux and cluster. Lustre file system...
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ExFAT (redirect from Extended File Allocation Table)
exFAT (Extensible File Allocation Table) is a file system optimized for flash memory such as USB flash drives and SD cards, that was introduced by Microsoft...
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The Linear Tape File System (LTFS) is a file system that allows files stored on magnetic tape to be accessed in a similar fashion to those on disk or...
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Ext3 (redirect from Third extended filesystem)
or third extended filesystem, is a journaled file system that is commonly used with the Linux kernel. It used to be the default file system for many popular...
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The VERITAS File System (or VxFS; called JFS and OnlineJFS in HP-UX) is an extent-based file system. It was originally developed by VERITAS Software....
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Gerber format (redirect from Extended Gerber file format)
design (CAD) system. The CAD systems output PCB fabrication data to allow fabrication of the board. This data typically contains a Gerber file for each image...
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operating system and file system. Some older file systems, such as File Allocation Table (FAT), limited an extension to 3 characters but modern systems do not...
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