file system

See also: filesystem

English

Alternative forms

filesystem

Etymology

file +‎ system

Noun

file system (plural file systems)

A physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or office.
(computing) A method of organizing blocks of data on a storage device into files and directories.
(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

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