On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:18:40 -0400, Wolf K  wrote:

> On 2014-08-05 9:58 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
>> I disagree with this usage when in this context. These entities exist
>> and are accessed before there is a file system extant to access true files.
>
> "True" files????

Now we're getting into the semantics of what a file is. I do agree the
boot sector and bios contain data. I don't agree that they are files.
A file has a name, that is accessible from the os. Neither of the
above have names. While some programs can read/write them, a general
file browser cannot.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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