What is a filesystem? According to early Linux contributor and author Robert Love, “A filesystem is a hierarchical storage of data adhering to a specific structure.” However, this description applies equally well to VFAT (Virtual File Allocation Table), Git, and Cassandra (a NoSQL database). So what distinguishes a filesystem?
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