file system
English
noun
Definitions
- A physical system for organising documents, as in a library or office.
- (computing) A method of organizing blocks of data on a storage device into files and directories.
- (computing) A set of blocks that are organized in this way.
Etymology
Compound from English file (computer file, an aggregation of data, cutting and smoothing tool) + English system.
Origin
English
system
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Filegate English
- agrisystem English
- agrosystem English
- antisystem English
- backfile English
- befile English
- biosystem English
- casefile English
- chronofile English
- chronosystem English
- cryosystem English
- cryptosystem English
- cybersystem English
- cyclosystem English
- datafile English
- defile English
- dotfile English
- dropfile English
- e-file English
- ecosystem English
- eigensystem English
- exosystem English
- factfile English
- file English
- file handle English
- file-card English
- fileable English
- filefish English
- filegroup English
- fileless English
- filemark English
- filemask English
- filename English
- filer English
- fileserver English
- fileset English
- filesharer English
- filespace English
- filestore English
- filetail English
- filetype English
- fileworthy English
- geosystem English
- helpfile English
- heterosystem English
- immunosystem English
- infile English
- infosystem English
- interfile English
- intersystem English
- intrasystem English
- logfile English
- macrosystem English
- mailfile English
- mesosystem English
- metafile English
- metasystem English
- metric system English
- microelectromechanical system English
- microsystem English
- misfile English
- multifile English
- multisystem English
- nanoelectromechanical system English
- nanosystem English
- nonsystem English
- notefile English
- padrino system English
- pathosystem English
- photosystem English
- prefile English
- pseudofile English
- refile English
- savefile English
- scorefile English
- servosystem English
- shapefile English
- sigfile English
- sub-system English
- subfile English
- supersystem English
- system English
- systemed English
- systemic English
- systemical English
- systemin English
- systemise English
- systemization English
- systemize English
- systemless English
- systemness English
- systemoid English
- systemwide English
- systemwise English
- tarfile English
- tickler file English
- tribosystem English
- unfile English
- writing system English
- filum Latin
- File German
- fájl Hungarian
- fil French
- system French
- файл Russian
- micro system Portuguese
- mini system Portuguese
- システム Japanese
- ファイル Japanese
- fil Norwegian Nynorsk
- fil Old French
- fæll Icelandic
- फ़ाइल Hindi
- सिस्टम Hindi
- ไฟล์ Thai
- fail Indonesian
- system Welsh
- fails Latvian
- файл Bulgarian
- ဖိုင် Burmese
- sisteme Middle French
- 快勞 Chinese
- 파일 Korean
- failas Lithuanian
- baeļ Marshallese
- file
- filer
- befile
- system
- refile
- e-file
- unfile
- defile
- infile
- misfile
- prefile
- logfile
- sigfile
- tarfile
- fileset
- subfile
- dotfile
- savefile
- dropfile
- factfile
- Filegate
- systemed
- filefish
- metafile
- filemark
- fileless
- datafile
- casefile
- fileable
- filetype
- systemin
- filename
- mailfile
- notefile
- filetail
- filemask
- backfile
- helpfile
- systemic
- systemise
- filespace
- geosystem
- ecosystem
- interfile
- systemoid
- filestore
- scorefile
- multifile
- shapefile
- filegroup
- biosystem
- nonsystem
- file-card
- systemize
- exosystem
- systemness
- pseudofile
- sub-system
- metasystem
- filesharer
- systemless
- systemical
- antisystem
- systemwise
- infosystem
- cryosystem
- systemwide
- nanosystem
- chronofile
- agrosystem
- fileserver
- fileworthy
- mesosystem
- agrisystem
- cyclosystem
- intrasystem
- microsystem
- multisystem
- photosystem
- supersystem
- tribosystem
- cybersystem
- intersystem
- macrosystem
- servosystem
- file handle
- eigensystem
- pathosystem
- chronosystem
- tickler file
- cryptosystem
- heterosystem
- immunosystem
- systemization
- metric system
- padrino system
- writing system
- nanoelectromechanical system
- microelectromechanical system