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filesystem

filesystem is the alternative form of file system.

Meaning of file system

Noun

file system (plural file systems)

  1. A physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or office.
    Synonyms:
    filing system
  2. A method of organizing blocks of data on a storage device into files and directories.
    • Every computer system therefore needs a method of managing files. This is generally achieved through the use of a file system. File systems exist on every electronic storage device […].2025, Fergus Toolan, File System Forensics, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 3
  3. A set of blocks that are organized in this way.

Forms of filesystem

pluralfilesystems

Questions about filesystem

What is filesystem the alternative form of?
Filesystem is the alternative form of file system.

Words near filesystem in the dictionary

  1. filespecs
  2. filestore
  3. filestores
  4. filestream
  5. filestreams
  6. filesystem
  7. filesystems
  8. filet
  9. filet mignon
  10. filet mignons
  11. filetail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: filesystem (page history and authors); file system (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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