File System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• file : a named collection of related information recorded on secondary storage
• identifier : a unique system-assigned tag used to identify a file within the file system
• abstract : a file is treated as an abstract data type by the operating system
• seek : repositioning the current file pointer to a specified location without actual i/o
• unix : an operating system that treats files as a sequence of 8-bit bytes
• sequential : an access method where a file is processed in order, one record after another
• direct : an access method that allows random access to any file block
• contiguous : an allocation method where each file occupies a set of adjacent disk blocks
• linked : an allocation method where a file is stored as a linked list of disk blocks
• indexed : an allocation method where each file has index block(s) pointing to its data blocks
• fcb : a storage structure that contains information about a file
• layers : an organization approach where the file system is structured into layers