May 12, 2020
Learning Computer File Structure
The easiest way to understand a file system is to think of it as similar to a library’s index card system. In a library, all books are grouped together according to topics. Additionally, each book is given a specific code or index number, that will make it easier to find among other books. For a computer, a file system works in a similar manner. All your data is stored in a specific location within a physical disk. A file system keeps a master database of the location of every file, or its address so that the file is easy to retrieve should you, a software program, or an operating system request it. There are many types of file systems available. Each has advantages and disadvantages depending on the task the computer programmer has designed the system for, as you’ll learn below.