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File System CS105 File Systems A method of storing and organizing computer files and their data Usually reside on secondary storage devices Hard disks File: A named collection of related information stored in a secondary storage device File System: is the logical view that an OS provides so that users can manage data as a collection of files Files can be grouped into directories File Attributes Name: The symbolic file name is the only information kept in human-readable form Type: This is needed for the OS in order to decode/process data in the file Different systems support different types s