Editing Category:Computer file systems (section)

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A '''[[file system]]''' in computing, is a method for storing and organizing [[computer file]]s and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them. File systems may use a [[data storage device]] such as a [[hard disk]] or [[CD-ROM]] and involve maintaining the physical location of the files, or they may be virtual and exist only as an access method for virtual data or for data over a network (e.g. [[Network File System (protocol)|NFS]]).

More formally, a file system is a set of [[abstract data type]]s that are implemented for the storage, hierarchical organization, manipulation, navigation, access, and retrieval of [[data]].