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Dateisystem
A physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or officeA physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or office.
Meaning
3 sensesA physical system for organizing documents, as in a library or office.
A method of organizing blocks of data on a storage device into files and directories.
Dateisystem
a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically)
A set of blocks that are organized in this way.
Dateisystem
Translations
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By meaning 1
computing: method of organizing blocks:
Origin
From file + system.From file + system.
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Forms
plural: file systemsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a system of classifying into files (usually arranged alphabetically):filing system
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedfsck