Practice File Concept (7.1) - File System Interface - Operating Systems
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File Concept

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Question 1 Easy

What is a file?

💡 Hint: Think about what kind of data can be stored and organized.

Question 2 Easy

List two file types.

💡 Hint: Consider what different kinds of files might look like.

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Question 1

What does the term 'metadata' refer to?

Data about data
Physical data structures
User-generated content

💡 Hint: What information is generated and stored alongside files?

Question 2

True or False: A file's logical structure refers to its actual storage layout on disk.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how users interact with data versus how it is stored.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design an application that manages different types of files effectively. What data structures would you implement to handle metadata, operations, and file types?

💡 Hint: Consider how files are usually organized and accessed in a typical operating system.

Challenge 2 Hard

Assess how variations in file structures impact data retrieval times in different scenarios (e.g., flat files vs. tree-structured files). Provide examples.

💡 Hint: Think of efficiency and how many comparisons are needed in worst-case scenarios.

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