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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...

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...

respective files. Each entry in the FAT linked list is a fixed number of bits: 12, 16 or 32. The maximum size of a file or a disk drive that can be accessed is...

a file server (or fileserver) is a computer attached to a network that provides a location for shared disk access, i.e. storage of computer files (such...

A disk image is a snapshot of a storage device's structure and data typically stored in one or more computer files on another storage device. Traditionally...

printers. E.g. shared file access (also known as disk sharing and folder sharing), shared printer access, shared scanner access, etc. The shared resource...

direct-access storage device (DASD), disk file and diskette file. Here, the current industry standard terms, hard disk drive (HDD) and floppy disk drive...

unauthorized access to data storage. The expression full disk encryption (FDE) (or whole disk encryption) signifies that everything on the disk is encrypted...

different areas of the disk when accessing fragmented files is slower, compared to accessing the entire contents of a non-fragmented file sequentially without...

"format" is understood to mean an operation in which a new disk medium is fully prepared to store files. Some formatting utilities allow distinguishing between...

Universal Disk Format (UDF) is an open, vendor-neutral file system for computer data storage for a broad range of media. In practice, it has been most...

can be invoked. These include handling keyboard input, video output, disk file access, program execution, memory allocation, and various other activities...

VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) and its successor VHDX are file formats representing a virtual hard disk drive (HDD). They may contain what is found on a physical...

documentation as a synonym for file, and direct-access storage device (DASD) for devices with random access to data locations, such as disk drives, as opposed to...

drive. Most disk partitioning schemes are designed to have files occupy an integral number of sectors regardless of the file's actual size. Files that do...

Amiga Disk File (ADF) is a file format used by Amiga computers and emulators to store images of floppy disks. It has been around almost as long as the...

the files from the system drive to the backup media with a file manager or optical disc authoring software. Such cases can often be mitigated by disk partitioning...

hard disk drives include disk drive, disk file, direct access storage device (DASD), CKD disk, and Winchester disk drive (after the IBM 3340). The term...

preparing a newly installed disk after a partitioning scheme is chosen for the new disk before any file system is created. The disk stores the information...

or optical disc. A disk operating system provides a file system for organizing, reading, and writing files on the storage disk, and a means for loading...