A File Control Block (FCB) is a file system structure in which the state of an open file is maintained. A FCB is managed by the operating system, but it...

The computer file hosts is an operating system file that maps hostnames to IP addresses. It is a plain text file. Originally a file named HOSTS.TXT was...

capability itself. A Unix process' file descriptor table is an example of a C-list. fuser (Unix) lsof File Control Block (FCB) - an alternative scheme in...

files are usually represented either by a file control block or by a file handle. A file control block (FCB) is an area of memory which is manipulated...

two general kinds of device files in Unix-like operating systems, known as character special files and block special files. The difference between them...

how the file signature appears when interpreted as text in the common ISO 8859-1 encoding, with unprintable characters represented as the control code abbreviation...

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...

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple lockstep File Transfer Protocol which allows a client to get a file from or put a file onto a remote...

A process control block (PCB), also sometimes called a process descriptor, is a data structure used by a computer operating system to store all the information...

systems to indicate "end of file" either on a terminal or in a text file. Unix / Linux systems use Control-D to indicate end-of-file at a terminal. The Unicode...

shared-disk file system uses a storage area network (SAN) to allow multiple computers to gain direct disk access at the block level. Access control and translation...

and file versioning. The original ODS-1 layer is a flat file system; the ODS-2 version is a hierarchical file system, with support for access control lists...

time. The equivalent control block for IBM DOS/360, DOS/VSE and z/VSE operating systems is a "DTF" (Define the file) symbolic file name (to match a JCL...

Dual Inline Memory Module FC-AL—Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop FCB—File Control Block FCS—Frame Check Sequence FDC—Floppy-Disk Controller FDS—Fedora Directory...

Latin Unicode block, sometimes informally called C0 Controls and Basic Latin, is the first block of the Unicode standard, and the only block which is encoded...

pressing and press multiple keys in order. You can grab a join block if you want more control on the extension. A paper published in 2019 by NYU argues and...

services. Starting with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Server Message Block (SMB) was made the primary file sharing protocol, with the ability to run an AFP server...

actual size only when the block contains "real" (non-empty) data. Most commonly, sparse files are created when blocks of the file are never written to. This...

group in the classification of bacteria File Control Block Fluocortin butyl, a synthetic glucocorticoid Forms Control Buffer in a printer Fort Collins Brewery...

information 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...

operating systems commonly implement IP address blocking using a TCP wrapper, configured by host access control files /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. Both...

attributes such as whether the file is read-only, executable, etc. device type (e.g. block, character, socket, subdirectory, etc.) A file system stores associated...

shortening, access control (for different web pages and files), and more. The 'dot' (period or full stop) before the file name makes it a hidden file in Unix-based...

In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed...

for storing file>). An ongoing transfer of file data over the data connection can be aborted using an interrupt message sent over the control connection...

purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Specials block: Unicode control characters "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved...

software-defined storage platform that provides object storage, block storage, and file storage built on a common distributed cluster foundation. Ceph...

end-of-file condition has occurred. The actual value of EOF is implementation-dependent and must be negative (but is commonly −1, such as in glibc). Block-reading...

again in RFC 7530, March 2015), influenced by Andrew File System (AFS) and Server Message Block (SMB), includes performance improvements, mandates strong...

large file sizes. Tools are available to minimize the file size given an existing GIF. Metadata can be stored in GIF files as a comment block, a plain...