Chapter 12

This file system allocation method supports random access and has no external fragmentation

• Indexed allocation

• Contiguous allocation

• Linked allocation

This file system allocation method supports random access and has external fragmentation

• Indexed allocation

• Linked allocation

• Contiguous allocation

This file system allocation method does not support random access and has no external fragmentation

• Indexed allocation

• Linked allocation

• Contiguous allocation

Files are

• A logical address space of units of information

• A physical address space of units of information

• A logical address space of volatile storage

• A physical address space of non-volatile storage

The file system is

• part of the operating system dealing with files

• part of the kernel dealing with files

• an abstraction of physical frames of memory

• an abstraction of logical pages of memory

All of these are a user's important characteristics of a file system, except

• How it appears

• How files are named and protected

• Operations are allowed on files

• Where the files are stored

Files

• shield the user from where the bits are stored and how they're retrieved

• eliminate internal fragmentation

• eliminate external fragmentation

• are structured collections of bytes

Select all which are concerns of file naming

• Filename length

• Unicode

• Case sensitivity

• Allergen sensitivity

• Line feeds v. Carriage returns

Select which Star Wars movies I agree should be acknowledged canon

• Star Wars

• The Empire Strikes Back

• Return of the Jedi

• The Phantom Menace

• Attack of the Clones

Advantages of ASCII files are

• Size

• Edited with any text editor

• Can be easily displayed and printed

• Binary