FILE MANAGEMENT AND RELATED TOPICS

Abstract

The paper traces the evolution of a segment based file system. The final system is typical of the virtual memory systems found in large general purpose time-sharing systems. The contents of the file system is a collection of symbolically named segments organized in a hierarchial structure. The user directly references segments in the file system. All movement of information between the different levels of physical memory is done automatically by the system using paging. Complete privacy of user information is guaranteed, although controlled sharing is possible. The system includes file backup facilities to protect users from information loss due to system failure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0712068

Entities

People

  • Robert M Graham

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Access Time
  • Algorithms
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Content Addressable Memory
  • Core Storage
  • Databases
  • Directories
  • Hierarchies
  • Identification
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Operating Systems
  • Resource Management
  • Time Intervals

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Cybersecurity.
  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.