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Unit 3: File System Hierarchy

File manager: It is an integral part of the operating system which is responsible for the maintenance notes
of secondary storage.
File system: It is a set of abstract data types that are implemented for the storage, hierarchical
organization, manipulation, navigation, access, and retrieval of data.
File: It is a named collection of data stored in a device.

Flash file system: It is a file system designed for storing files on flash memory devices.
Flat file system: It is a file system where no subdirectories are present and everything is stored at
the same (root) level on the media, be it a hard disk, floppy disk, etc.

Network file system: It is a file system that acts as a client for a remote file access protocol,
providing access to files on a server.

3.8 self assessment

Fill in the blanks:
1. A flash file system is a file system designed for storing files on …………… memory
devices.
2. The ……………. contains pointers to the various blocks.
3. In a flat file system, there are no ……………. -everything is stored at the same (root) level
on the media, be it a hard disk, floppy disk, etc.
4. The ……………… file would contain pointers to secondary index files, which would point
to the actual data items.

5. In two level directory structure one is ………………. directory and the other is user file
directory.
6. Stopping ……………….. in this case would require stopping two systems—nfsfs and nfs.
7. A ………………is a file system designed for the storage of files on a data storage device,
most commonly a disk drive.
8. ……………….file systems are one technique used to introduce transaction-level consistency
to file system structures.
9. The ………………….. directory specifies the home or login directory for the account.

10. Information in the file is ……………… in order, one record after the other.
11. ……………….. processing introduces the guarantee that at any point while it is running.
12. File systems share much in common with database technology, but it is debatable whether
a file system can be classified as a ……………………

13. The ………………..file system was an early research interest of Dennis Ritchie of Unix
fame.
14. The ………………… system contains information about the state of processes and threads
in the system.
15. Linux kernel and provides ……………….. capabilities

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