hierarchical file system

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hierarchical file system - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  hierarchical file system
  
     <file system> A file system in which the files are
     organised into a hierarchy.  The nodes of the hierarchy are
     called directories while the leaves are the files
     themselves.
  
     See also root directory.  Compare flat file system.
  
     (1996-11-21)