File System Visualizer, also known as fsv, is a
3D3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
file browser using
OpenGLOpenGL is a standard specification defining a cross-language, cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. The interface consists of over 250 different function calls which can be used to draw complex three-dimensional scenes from simple primitives. OpenGL...
, created by Daniel Richard G. It is a clone of
SGISGI can refer to:*Saskatchewan Government Insurance* Scientific Games International: see Scientific Games Corporation*Silicon Graphics, Inc., former manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions...
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fsnfsn pronounced as "fusion" is a 3D file browser made by SGI for IRIX systems.It gained some fame after it appeared in the movie Jurassic Park...
file manager for
IRIXIRIX is a computer operating system developed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. to run natively on their 32- and 64-bit MIPS architecture workstations and servers. It is based on UNIX System V with BSD extensions. IRIX is the origin of the XFS file system....
systems, aimed to run on modern
LinuxLinux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed,...
and other
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operating systemAn operating system is an interface between hardware and user which is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer that acts as a host for computing applications run on the machine. As a host, one of the purposes of an operating...
s. It is capable of representing file systems in two ways - in MapV mode, files and directories are represented as
cuboidIn geometry, a cuboid is a solid figure bounded by six faces, forming a convex polyhedron. There are two competing incompatible definitions of a cuboid in the mathematical literature...
s of equal height, with the size of the cuboid representing the size of the file or directory, and in TreeV mode, files and directories are shown in a more conventional tree manner, with links between parent directories and subdirectories, and columns of various height (indicating file size) on top of the directories to represent the files inside.
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File System Visualizer, also known as fsv, is a
3D3D computer graphics are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images...
file browser using
OpenGLOpenGL is a standard specification defining a cross-language, cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. The interface consists of over 250 different function calls which can be used to draw complex three-dimensional scenes from simple primitives. OpenGL...
, created by Daniel Richard G. It is a clone of
SGISGI can refer to:*Saskatchewan Government Insurance* Scientific Games International: see Scientific Games Corporation*Silicon Graphics, Inc., former manufacturer of high-performance computing solutions...
's
fsnfsn pronounced as "fusion" is a 3D file browser made by SGI for IRIX systems.It gained some fame after it appeared in the movie Jurassic Park...
file manager for
IRIXIRIX is a computer operating system developed by Silicon Graphics, Inc. to run natively on their 32- and 64-bit MIPS architecture workstations and servers. It is based on UNIX System V with BSD extensions. IRIX is the origin of the XFS file system....
systems, aimed to run on modern
LinuxLinux is a generic term referring to Unix-like computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel. Their development is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software collaboration; typically all the underlying source code can be used, freely modified, and redistributed,...
and other
Unix-likeA Unix-like operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, while not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification....
operating systemAn operating system is an interface between hardware and user which is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer that acts as a host for computing applications run on the machine. As a host, one of the purposes of an operating...
s. It is capable of representing file systems in two ways - in MapV mode, files and directories are represented as
cuboidIn geometry, a cuboid is a solid figure bounded by six faces, forming a convex polyhedron. There are two competing incompatible definitions of a cuboid in the mathematical literature...
s of equal height, with the size of the cuboid representing the size of the file or directory, and in TreeV mode, files and directories are shown in a more conventional tree manner, with links between parent directories and subdirectories, and columns of various height (indicating file size) on top of the directories to represent the files inside. In both of these modes, a standard 2D tree representation of files and directories is displayed on the left of the window. The mouse can be used to rotate the 3D representation of the file system, and an "Eagle Eye" function shows the representation from an overhead view. File System Visualizer is also capable of manipulating the files and directories shown by it.
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