Editing File system (section)

== Etymology ==

From {{circa|1900}} and before the advent of computers the terms ''file system'', ''filing system'' and ''system for filing'' were used to describe methods of organizing, storing and retrieving paper documents.<ref>{{cite book|last1=McGill|first1=Florence E.|title=Office Practice and Business Procedure|date=1922|publisher=Gregg Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/officepracticea01mcgigoog/page/n211 197]|url=https://archive.org/details/officepracticea01mcgigoog|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> By 1961, the term ''file system'' was being applied to computerized filing alongside the original meaning.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Waring|first1=R.L.|title=Technical investigations of addition of a hardcopy output to the elements of a mechanized library system : final report, 20 Sept. 1961|date=1961|publisher=Svco Corporation|location=Cincinnati, OH|oclc=310795767}}</ref> By 1964, it was in general use.<ref>{{cite book|title=Disc File Applications: Reports Presented at the Nation's First Disc File Symposium|date=1964|publisher=American Data Processing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hJBWAAAAMAAJ|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref>