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...

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....

computing, file system fragmentation, sometimes called file system aging, is the tendency of a file system to lay out the contents of files non-continuously...

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,...

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...

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed hash...

Most file systems include attributes of files and directories that control the ability of users to read, change, navigate, and execute the contents of...

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...

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...

The extended file system, or ext, was implemented in April 1992 as the first file system created specifically for the Linux kernel. Although ext is not...

Hierarchical File System may refer to Hierarchical file system, a file system that is organized hierarchically with a tree structure Hierarchical File System (Apple)...

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...

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...

for a number of file systems. Note that in addition to the below table, block capabilities can be implemented below the file system layer in Linux (LVM...

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...

Google File System (GFS or GoogleFS, not to be confused with the GFS Linux file system) is a proprietary distributed file system developed by Google to...

hierarchical file system is a file system that uses directories to organize files into a tree structure. In a hierarchical file system, directories contain...

Extent File System (EFS) is an older extent-based file system used in IRIX releases prior to version 5.3. It has been superseded by XFS. EFS support for...

Filing system may refer to: Filing cabinet, a piece of office furniture File system, a method of storing and organizing computer files and their data Sorting...

A versioning file system is any computer file system which allows a computer file to exist in several versions at the same time. Thus it is a form of revision...

In computer storage, a global file system is a distributed file system that can be accessed from multiple locations, typically across a wide-area network...

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...

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...

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...

A system file in computers is a critical computer file without which a computer system may not operate correctly. These files may come as part of the...

Journaled File System (JFS) is a 64-bit journaling file system created by IBM. There are versions for AIX, OS/2, eComStation, ArcaOS and Linux operating...

invent/document" system, all countries have operated under the "first-to-file" patent priority requirement. In a first-to-file system, the right to grant...

The Logic File System is a research file system which replaces pathnames with expressions in propositional logic. It allows file metadata to be queried...

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...

Coda is a distributed file system developed as a research project at Carnegie Mellon University since 1987 under the direction of Mahadev Satyanarayanan...