Operating Systems – File Management Concepts
 

What is a file?
 

What are the typical operations performed on files?
 

What are File Control Blocks?
 

What about how we name files?
 

What are file types?
 

How does an operating system keep track of files?
 

What is a root file system?
 

What does a root file system entry look like?
 

What is a cluster?
 

How is free space managed?
 

What file systems are supported by Windows operating systems?
 

What are access-control lists and file permissions?
 

What is a symbolic link or shortcut?
 

What is file-system integrity?
                        

What is fragmentation and what does defragging a drive do?
 

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