Inode
Everything on SkillVeris tagged Inode — collected across the glossary, study notes, blog, and cheat sheets.
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What Is a File System?
A file system is the operating system component that organizes how data is named, stored, retrieved, and protected on persistent storage, presenting raw disk b…
What is an Inode and What Does It Store?
An inode is a fixed-size metadata record that a Unix-style file system keeps for every file, storing ownership, permissions, timestamps, size, and pointers to…
What is File System Consistency Checking (fsck)?
File system consistency checking is the process of scanning on-disk metadata — inodes, directory entries, block bitmaps, and free lists — after an unclean shut…
What is the Virtual File System (VFS) Layer?
The Virtual File System (VFS) layer is an abstraction inside the kernel that defines a common set of file operations — open, read, write, close, and more — so…
What is the Open File Table?
The open file table is a kernel-wide (system-wide) structure of entries, each tracking the current file offset, access mode, and status flags for one open() ca…