What do you call a file storage?

What do you call a storage for files?

File storage—also called file-level or file-based storage—is a hierarchical storage methodology used to organize and store data on a computer hard drive or on network-attached storage (NAS) device.

What are the 3 types of storage?

There are three main categories of storage devices: optical, magnetic and semiconductor. The earliest of these was the magnetic device. Computer systems began with magnetic storage in the form of tapes (yes, just like a cassette or video tape). These graduated to the hard disk drive and then to a floppy disk.

What are the 2 types of file storage?

It may seem like a simple concept, but there are many ways to store files on a given device. Two of the most common formats are the New Technology File System (NTFS) and File Allocation Table (FAT), the latter most commonly seen as FAT32.

What do you mean by storing a file?

File storage, also called file-level or file-based storage, stores data in a hierarchical structure. The data is saved in files and folders, and presented to both the system storing it and the system retrieving it in the same format.