AI engineering glossary · Computing foundations
What is file system?
File system (also called Filesystem): The method an operating system uses to name, organise and locate data on a storage device, usually as folders containing files. It keeps track of where each file's contents sit on the disk and who may access them.
File system: an example
NTFS on Windows and ext4 on Linux are file systems that structure a disk into files and directories.
Related terms
More Computing foundations terms
- Firewall
- Firmware
- Floating-point number
- Garbage collection
- Global interpreter lock
- Graphical user interface
- Graphics processing unit
- Half-precision floating point
Where you learn it
File system is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.