system provides access to files that are either computed on request, called virtual files (for example those provided by procfs and sysfs), or are mapping into another, backing storage.

Etymology

From and before the advent of computers, the terms file system, filing system and system for filing were used to describe methods of organizing, storing and retrieving paper documents. By 1961, the term file system was being applied to computerized filing alongside the

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