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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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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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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Most file systems include attributes of files and directories that control the ability of users to read, change, navigate, and execute the contents of...
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A journaling file system is a file system that keeps track of changes not yet committed to the file system's main part by recording the goal of such changes...
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A virtual file system (VFS) or virtual filesystem switch is an abstract layer on top of a more concrete file system. The purpose of a VFS is to allow...
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to more thorough information on file systems. Many older operating systems support only their one "native" file system, which does not bear any name apart...
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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 extended file system, or ext, was implemented in April 1992 as the first file system created specifically for the Linux kernel. It has metadata structure...
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Hierarchical File System may refer to Hierarchical file system, a file system that is organized hierarchically with a tree structure Hierarchical File System (Apple)...
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