file system

See also: filesystem

English

Alternative forms

• filesystem

Etymology

file +‎ system

Noun

file system (plural file systems)

1. A physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or office.
2. (computing) A method of organizing blocks of data on a storage device into files and directories.
3. (computing) A set of blocks that are organized in this way.

Derived terms

• fsck
• fstab

Translations

(computing): method of organizing blocks

• Bulgarian: фа́йлова систе́ма n (fájlova sistéma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文件系統／文件系统 (wénjiànxìtǒng)

• Czech: souborový systém m
• Dutch: bestandssysteem (nl) n
• Finnish: tiedostojärjestelmä (fi)
• French: système de fichiers (fr) m
• German: Dateisystem n
• Greek: σύστημα αρχείων (el) n (sýstima archeíon)
• Polish: system plików (pl) m
• Portuguese: sistema de arquivos m (Brazil), sistema de ficheiros m
• Swedish: filsystem (sv) c

(computing): set of organized blocks

• Bulgarian: фа́йлова систе́ма n (fájlova sistéma)
• Finnish: tiedostojärjestelmä (fi)
• German: Dateisystem n

See also

• partition and partitionless