NTFS - Concepts

Overview

When a few lines in the glossary aren't enough.

Concept	Description
Attribute Header	Standard Attribute Header
Attribute Id	Attribute Ids used in the MFT FILE Record
B*Tree	Balanced tree data structure, holds the NTFS directory tree
Clusters	LCNs, VCNs, sizes
Collation	Sorting and searching
Compression	File and directory level compression
Data Runs	Data runs
Directory	A typical directory on NTFS
File	A typical file on NTFS
FILE Record	An MFT File Record
Filename Namespace	Allowable filenames
FileRef	File References
Fixup	Sector fixups
Index Header	Standard Index Header
INDX Record	A directory index
Links	Hard and Symbolic links
Restart	LogFile Restart Area
SID	Built-in Security Identifiers
Sparse	Sparse files