File System

A File System is a persistent storage system methodically developed to manage file management tasks of digital files.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) manage both content and the metadata of digital files efficiently.
  • It can (often) be a component of an Operating System.
  • It can (often) provide the structure to control how data is stored and retrieved.
  • It can operate on various Storage Devices using different media, including hard disk drive, SSDs, and optical disks.
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• Example(s):
  • A Linux File System, used by the Linux operating system.
  • A Hadoop File System, designed to handle large data sets in a distributed computing environment.
  • An ISO 9660 File System, primarily used for optical disks.
  • A Universal Disk Format (UDF), used for storing data on DVD media.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • A Git Repository.
  • A Computer Process Management System, which organizes processes, not files.
  • A Database System, which manages databases, not file systems.
• See: File Browser, Persistent Storage, File I/O Library.

References

2010

• (Milosavljevic et al., 2010) ⇒ Branko Milosavljevic, Danijela Boberic, Dušan Surla, (2010) "Retrieval of Bibliographic Records Using Apache Lucene". The Electronic Library, 28(4). doi:10.1108/02640471011065355
  • QUOTE:... A Lucene document may contain multiple fields with the same name and/or the same content. A Lucene index is a set of documents stored in a persistent storage (a file system, a database, etc.) supported by data structures providing for efficient retrieval. ...

• Concept