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Absolute Path
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A path the begins at the root and includes all successive subdirectories
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Binary File
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A file that contains data in a specific format, requiring a special interpretation of its bits
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Direct File Access
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The technique in which in data in a file is accessed directly, by specifying logical record numbers
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Directory
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A named group of files
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Directory Tree
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A structure showing the nested directory organization of the file system
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Disk Scheduling
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The act of deciding which outstanding requests for disk I/O to satisfy first
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File
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A named collection of data, used for organizing secondary memory
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File Extension
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Part of a file name that indicates the file type
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File System
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The operating system's logical view of the files it manages
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Path
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A text designation of the location of a file or subdirectory in a file system
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Relative Path
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A path that begins at the current working directory
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Root Directory
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The topmost directory, in which all others are contained
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Sequential File Access
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The technique in which data in a file is accessed in a linear fashion
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Text File
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A file that contains characters
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Working Directory
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The currently active subdirectory
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