Here’s how it works. Like on any other operating system, Windows features a file system to control how data is stored and retrieved from disk. Windows 10, similar to its predecessors ...

A file system is a major component of the operating system (OS). Applications command the OS to input and output data, and the file system reads and writes the sectors on the storage drive.

If you're using a Windows computer, that means a choice between FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS, which are all file systems developed ...

The piece originally ran on June 2, 2010; it appears unchanged below. The Be operating system file system, known simply as BFS, is the file system for the Haiku, BeOS, and SkyOS operating systems.

BitLocker is another technique of encrypting files on Windows just like EFS. This means that Windows provides two methods of encrypting files just on Windows. A user can also encrypt a file twice ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Systems ... embedded operating systems. Adapted from “Embedded Systems Architecture, 2nd Edition” by Tammy Noergaard (Newnes) Some embedded OSs provide memory management ...