file system

See also: filesystem

English

Alternative forms

• filesystem

Etymology

From file +‎ system.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

file system (plural file systems)

1. A physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or office.

   Synonym: filing system

2. (computing) A method of organizing blocks of data on a storage device into files and directories.
   • 2025, Fergus Toolan, File System Forensics, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 3:

     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 […] .

3. (computing) A set of blocks that are organized in this way.

Derived terms

• fsck

Translations

computing: method of organizing blocks

• Bulgarian: фа́йлова систе́ма n (fájlova sistéma)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 文件系統 / 文件系统 (wénjiàn xìtǒng)

• 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)
• Japanese: ファイルシステム (fairu shisutemu)
• Korean: 파일 시스템 (pail siseutem)
• 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
• Polish: system plików (pl) m

Further reading

• file system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia