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aliases: UEFI The modern firmware developed to replace BIOS. Also responsible for managing the PC's startup process, locating and loading an installed OS into memory. Features: provides support for storage sizes greater than 2.2 TB provides support for 64...

aliases: RFI A form of interference that interfere with wireless networking. It's usually caused by cordless phones, microwave ovens, and other wireless devices. Wireless networks that run in 2.4 GHz (gigahertz) are especially vulnerable to radio frequency...

File Allocation Table 32: file system introduced with Windows 95, replacing FAT16. Mainly used to format USB drives, SD cards, and other storage devices. Features: doesn't support files larger than 4GB very compatible less secure than exFAT and NTFS disallows...

A Windows 10 feature that enables data transfer capabilities for workstations part of a small private network, similar to domain groups. Workgroup accounts are a smaller version of domain accounts. They are made for networks in which every workstation in that ...

A virtual Linux file system that enables the system to access individual data and audio tracks stored on CDs. #IX

An enumeration of the common file systems used in Linux or Unix-based systems. File Systems ext2 ext3 ext4 swap (default swap file; also known as virtual memory on Windows-based systems) CDfs NFS NTFS (limited support) VFAT XFS BTRFS

Extended File System: a file system originally designed for the Silicon Graphics IRIX OS, but supported by Linux as well. Features: decently handles files of large sizes smooth data transfers journaling support can be hosted on a regular disk partition or on ...

Virtual File Allocation Table: a FAT32-based file system for Linux. Features: no support for journaling long name support requires a kernel implementation from the OS before it can be supported/recognized #IX

aliases: NFS A distributed network file system protocol used in Linux or Unix-based systems. NFS enables computers to access files stored on peer computers much like how local storage is accessed on their GUI. #IX

Third Extended File Table an updated version of ext2 that supports journaling. #IX

Second Extended File Table: the oldest Linux file system. Features uses standard file hierarchy and directory system supports max 2 TB file size supports max 4 TB volume size 255-char limit on file names supports Linux groups, users, and permissions does NOT ...

aliases: BTRFS B-Tree File System: a Linux file system with specialized features not found in other file systems. Features: copy-on-write technology storage pools snapshots - almost like integrated backups that can be configured to be ran at intervals #I...

A mechanism in which file systems will log incomplete write operations into a "journal" file before actually executing them, enabling faster recovery times in case of an insecure, unstable, or unclean system shutdown. The logs of the Journaling service can be ...

An enumeration of the different flags and properties files can take in Windows-based systems. Attribute Description Hidden Hides the file from the File Explorer and from showing up in results from the dir command. System Identifies this file as a prot...

A specialized command-line utility in the Linux terminal used to edit permissions for files and directories. Affected Entities Owner: the user account that owns the file or directory. Usually assigned to the user that created it, unless it has already been ch...

An enumeration of some commonly used shell commands in Linux or Unix-based systems. Command Description Options pwd Displays the current working directory on the terminal. ls List the files and subdirectories in the current working directory. -a: all...

An enumeration of the permission system Microsoft-Windows supports for files shared over a network. Permission Description Read Allows the user to read, copy, and run programs and files in a shared folder. Change Allows the user all the permissions in...

aliases: NTFS The default file system used in Microsoft-Windows. Features larger partition sizes smaller cluster sizes; less wasted space file and folder permissions for an ACL encryption compression disk space limit for individual users stores the master...