| Subject | German | English |
| gen. | Andrew Dateisystem | Andrew File System AFS |
| comp., MS | bereitgestelltes Dateisystem | mounted file system (A file system located on a removable medium, such as a PC Card storage device. The operating system loads, or mounts, the file system when the medium is inserted into the device. It unloads, or unmounts, the file system when the medium is removed or when the user issues a command to do so) |
| comp. | flaches Dateisystem | flat file system |
| busin., IT | hierarchisches Dateisystem | hierarchic file system |
| comp., MS | hierarchisches Dateisystem | hierarchical file system (A tree-structured file system used on the Apple Macintosh in which folders can be nested within other folders) |
| comp. | hierarchisches Dateisystem | hierarchical file system |
| comp., MS | installierbares Dateisystem | installable file system (A file system that is accessed through a file system driver (FSD) that is loaded onto a device by the user, rather than accessed by the built-in file system. An installable file system may be implemented differently from the built-in file system. For example, an installable file system may prevent a user from deleting files, provide automatic compression of files, or use a structure for internal information different from that used by the built-in file system) |
| comp., net. | Netz-Dateisystem | network file system |
| comp. | Netzwerk-Dateisystem | NFS |
| comp. | Netzwerk-Dateisystem | network file system |
| comp. | nichthierarchisches Dateisystem | flat file system |
| comp., MS | NTFS-Dateisystem | NTFS file system (An advanced file system designed for use specifically with the Windows NT operating system. It supports long filenames, full security access control, file system recovery, extremely large storage media, and various features for the Windows NT POSIX subsystem. It also supports object-oriented applications by treating all files as objects with user-defined and system-defined attributes) |
| comp., MS | Robustes Dateisystem | Resilient File System (A file system, introduced with Windows Server 8, that provides resiliency to both software and hardware errors. ReFS allows customers to maximize server uptime and prioritize volume availability without the use of expensive storage hardware) |
| comp., MS | verschlüsselndes Dateisystem | Encrypting File System (A Microsoft file-based encryption technology that enables users to encrypt files and folders on NTFS volumes. EFS helps protect the confidentiality of data by ensuring that only authorized users can decrypt the encrypted files or folders) |
| comp., MS | verteiltes Dateisystem | Distributed File System (A service that allows system administrators to organize distributed network shares into a logical namespace, enabling users to access files without specifying their physical location and providing load sharing across network shares) |
| comp. | verteiltes Dateisystem | distributed file system |
| comp., MS | virtuelles Dateisystem | virtual file system (The subsystem that intercepts and redirects file system requests from application processes running in a virtual environment. These requests are processed based on the virtual files and directories defined in the application package and created or modified through interaction with a virtual application) |
| comp., MS | Windows NTFS-Dateisystem | Windows NTFS (An advanced file system designed for use specifically with the Windows NT operating system. It supports long filenames, full security access control, file system recovery, extremely large storage media, and various features for the Windows NT POSIX subsystem. It also supports object-oriented applications by treating all files as objects with user-defined and system-defined attributes) |