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File Systems on Mobile devices
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FILE SYSTEMS ON MOBILE DEVICES 2
FILE SYSTEMS ON MOBILE DEVICES
Introduction
A file system in computing refers to how files are named and where they are located for
the purpose of storage and retrieval (Liu, Zheng & Gong, 2013). It is the file system that make
identification and retrieval of information easy. Without a file system then files would be stored
individually and this would make it hard for the users to find and retrieve files. The increased use
of mobile phones around the world has increased the data capacities. As such, phone
manufacturers should develop or upgrade their file systems to ensure that file accessibility and
organization to support the vast information stored on mobile phones.
Digital file system has borrowed the logic used in organizing the paper-based filing
system. Currently in the market, there exist many phone models running the various file system
based on the operating system installed on them. Examples of operating systems installed on
mobile phones include android operating system, windows operating system, IOS, Symbian
operating system among others (Velikanova, Murlin & Gaivuk, 2017).
File systems dictates how files are named and the number of characters the name can
have, type of characters to be used. File names are not case sensitive in many file systems. File
system also contain file properties such as file size, hierarchy in the directory, and location.
Additionally, file systems utilize metadata to retrieve and store files. Metadata tag example
include file creation date, last modification date, last date of backup, creator of the file, access
permissions, and file size (Velikanova, Murlin & Gaivuk, 2017). File systems stores the files
separately from the metadata.