File Systems

Question 1

absolute path

Answer 1

The full file path for a file or directory that starts at the root directory.

Question 2

binary file

Answer 2

A file that contains non-text, non human readable data that’s interpreted by a machine.

Question 3

direct file access

Answer 3

Being able to read or write in a file starting at any location

Question 4

directory

Answer 4

a container used to organize files into a hierarchical structure on a computer system

Question 5

directory tree

Answer 5

A visual representation of a directory and its subdirectories

Question 6

disk scheduling

Answer 6

The algorithm that’s used to determine in what order cylinders requesting I/O operations will be serviced in the secondary memory drive

Question 7

file

Answer 7

a collection of data that has a specific internal structure

Question 8

file extension

Answer 8

the characters placed after a period at the end of a file name that specifies what type of file it is

Question 9

file system

Answer 9

A data structure used by an OS for storing and organizing files.

Question 10

file type

Answer 10

The category of a file based on its content and format that determines how it’s used or opened

Question 11

path

Answer 11

A string of characters that specifies the location of a file or directory.

Question 12

relative path

Answer 12

When a file path starts at the active directory instead the root

Question 13

root directory

Answer 13

The first directory for an entire file system that encompasses all sub directories and files

Question 14

seek time

Answer 14

The amount of time it takes the read/write head in secondary memory to reach a track making an I/O request

Question 15

sequential file access

Answer 15

When read/write operations in a file are done from in linear order from the beginning to the end of the file

Question 16

text file

Answer 16

A file that contains mostly text readable by text editors or word processors

Question 17

working directory

Answer 17

the current directory a user or program is operating from