Question

The data is usually organized in folders called directories, which can contain other folders and files. Any place that a computer or other electronic device stores data employs some type of ______.
1. secondary storage
2. file system
3. database
4. operating system

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : file system

The correct answer is file system.

• A file system can be thought of as an index or database containing the physical location of every piece of data on the hard drive or another storage device.
• The data is usually organized in folders called directories, which can contain other folders and files.
• Files on a storage device are kept in sectors.
• Sectors marked as unused can store data, typically in groups of sectors called blocks.
• It's the file system that identifies the size and position of the files as well as which sectors are ready to be used.
• A file system doesn't just store the files but also information about them, like the sector block size, fragment information, file size, attributes, file name, file location, and directory hierarchy.