What is an inode?
Inodes and filesystems are important concepts in computer science that are often discussed in the context of operating systems. An inode is a data structure used to store information about a file or directory on a computer’s filesystem. This information includes the file’s size, ownership, access permissions, and the location of the file’s data on the physical storage device. A filesystem is the underlying structure that an operating system uses to organize and manage the files and directories on a computer’s storage devices.