Fast File System
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Fast File System is a high-performance disk file system used by AmigaOS to improve speed and efficiency over its earlier standard file system.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fast File System canonical | 2 |
| FFS (Fast File System) | 1 |
| Fast File System version 2 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1944633 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fast File System Context triple: [AmigaOS, fileSystem, Fast File System]
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A.
F2FS
F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System) is a Linux file system optimized for NAND flash-based storage devices, designed to improve performance and lifespan on solid-state media.
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B.
FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace)
FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a Linux kernel interface and accompanying user-space library that allows non-privileged users to create and run custom filesystems without modifying kernel code.
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C.
VFS (Virtual File System)
VFS (Virtual File System) is an abstraction layer in an operating system’s kernel that provides a uniform interface for different file system implementations, allowing applications to access various storage formats transparently.
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D.
Network-aware File Manager
Network-aware File Manager was a Windows for Workgroups utility that allowed users to manage and share files across networked computers within a workgroup environment.
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E.
Minix filesystem
The Minix filesystem is a simple, Unix-like file system originally developed for the MINIX operating system, known for its straightforward design and use in early Linux systems and educational contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fast File System Target entity description: Fast File System is a high-performance disk file system used by AmigaOS to improve speed and efficiency over its earlier standard file system.
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A.
F2FS
F2FS (Flash-Friendly File System) is a Linux file system optimized for NAND flash-based storage devices, designed to improve performance and lifespan on solid-state media.
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B.
FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace)
FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is a Linux kernel interface and accompanying user-space library that allows non-privileged users to create and run custom filesystems without modifying kernel code.
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C.
VFS (Virtual File System)
VFS (Virtual File System) is an abstraction layer in an operating system’s kernel that provides a uniform interface for different file system implementations, allowing applications to access various storage formats transparently.
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D.
Network-aware File Manager
Network-aware File Manager was a Windows for Workgroups utility that allowed users to manage and share files across networked computers within a workgroup environment.
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E.
Minix filesystem
The Minix filesystem is a simple, Unix-like file system originally developed for the MINIX operating system, known for its straightforward design and use in early Linux systems and educational contexts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
AmigaOS file system
ⓘ
disk file system ⓘ file system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | FFS ⓘ |
| compatibility | backward compatible with OFS at file level in many cases ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataStructure |
bitmap for free blocks
ⓘ
linked directory entries ⓘ |
| designGoal |
better disk space utilization
ⓘ
high performance ⓘ improved efficiency ⓘ improved speed ⓘ |
| developer | Commodore ⓘ |
| directoryStructure | hierarchical directories ⓘ |
| feature |
bitmap-based free space management
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caching optimizations ⓘ improved directory handling ⓘ reduced fragmentation compared to OFS ⓘ support for larger files ⓘ support for larger partitions ⓘ |
| fileSystemType | block-based file system ⓘ |
| introducedAs | replacement for OFS ⓘ |
| license | proprietary ⓘ |
| limitation |
limited maximum partition size compared to later file systems
ⓘ
no journaling ⓘ vulnerability to corruption after crashes ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | AmigaOS ⓘ |
| optimizedFor | rotating magnetic media ⓘ |
| platform | Amiga ⓘ |
| predecessor |
OFS
ⓘ
Original Amiga File System ⓘ |
| sectorSize | multiple of 512 bytes ⓘ |
| successor |
NGFS
ⓘ
Professional File System ⓘ Smart File System (via third-party) ⓘ
surface form:
Smart File System
|
| supports |
bootable partitions
ⓘ
file attributes such as read-only and archived ⓘ floppy disks ⓘ hard disks ⓘ longer filenames than OFS ⓘ |
| targetHardware | Amiga hard drive controllers ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWidespreadUse |
1990s
ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Amiga emulators
ⓘ
classic Amiga computers ⓘ |
| usedIn |
AmigaOS
ⓘ
surface form:
AmigaOS 1.x
AmigaOS ⓘ
surface form:
AmigaOS 2.x
AmigaOS ⓘ
surface form:
AmigaOS 3.x
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Fast File System Description of subject: Fast File System is a high-performance disk file system used by AmigaOS to improve speed and efficiency over its earlier standard file system.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
FFS (Fast File System)