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filestore

filestore noun: a conceptual space where files are stored.

Noun

filestore (plural filestores)

  1. A conceptual space where files are stored.
    • The manipulation of files and related data in an OSI environment is achieved by mapping the real filestores of real systems on to virtual filestores that have standard interfaces to the OSI communications networks.1994, Andy Sloane, Computer communications: principles and business applications, page 200

Forms of filestore

pluralfilestores

Origin of filestore

From file + store.

Questions about filestore

What does filestore mean?
Filestore means a conceptual space where files are stored.
What part of speech is filestore?
Filestore is a noun.
What is the plural of filestore?
The plural of filestore is filestores.

Words near filestore in the dictionary

  1. filesnake
  2. filesnakes
  3. filespace
  4. filespec
  5. filespecs
  6. filestore
  7. filestores
  8. filestream
  9. filestreams
  10. filesystem
  11. filesystems

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