IT 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Virtual Memory, Disk Cleanup, Mobile Device Management

• School: KSU
• Department: Information Technology
• Course: IT 2101
• Professor: Robbie Hackworth

Document Summary

File management refers to the physical and logical storage system and practices provided for managing data on a computer. The operating system provides an organizational structure on the computer"s contents. Different operating systems change the terms but the hierarchical structure is the same. Resembles the idea of a filing cabinet. An operating system uses a formally defined file system. Includes technical specifications for how files are stored & retrieved. Different operating systems use different file systems. Various file systems (i. e. ext2, exts xfs, jfs, ) Refers to file management on flash memory devices such as: Usb flash drives (also called thumb or jump drives) Memory cards (as used in digital cameras) Most common file system on a flash device is the file allocation table (fat) Fat is supported by many operating systems even if they do not use it as their primary file system. This means the same flash device can be used on both a pc & a mac.