[W/K] :: file system

  file system
       n : a system of classifying into files (usually arranged
           alphabetically) [syn: filing system]

  file system
       
           (FS, or "filesystem") 1. A system for
          organizing directories and files, generally in terms of
          how it is implemented in the disk operating system.  E.g.,
          "The Macintosh file system is just dandy as long as you
          don't have to interface it with any other file systems".
       
          2. The collection of files and directories stored on a given
          drive (floppy drive, hard drive, disk partition, logical
          drive, RAM drive, etc.).  E.g., "mount attaches a named file
          system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location
          directory [...]" -- Unix manual page for "mount(8)".
       
          As an extension of this sense, "file system" is sometimes used
          to refer to the representatation of the file system's
          organisation (e.g. its file allocation table) as opposed the
          actual content of the files in the file system.
       
          Unix manual page: fs(5), mount(8).
       
          (1997-04-10)