The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/UndyingCorn on 2024-12-03 10:34:13.

Original Title: TIL The first reference to files in the context of computing was in 1940 when a computer function was stored in a “file of punched cards”. The idea of a file system that managed virtual “files” on a storage device was introduced in 1961 by the Burroughs MCP and the MIT Compatible Time-Sharing System