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From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@angelica.unixdaemons.com>
To: Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org>
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Subject: Re: Alright, I give up.  What does the "i" in "inode" stand for?
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On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 06:33:54PM -0400, Rob Landley wrote the words in effect of:
> From: Rob Landley <landley@trommello.org>
> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Alright, I give up.  What does the "i" in "inode" stand for?

> I've been sitting on this question for years, hoping I'd come across the 
> answer, and I STILL don't know what the "i" is short for.  Somebody here has 
> got to know this. :)

The "I" in "Inode" stands for "Index".  Think of it in this way, the
Inode is unique, it is the "index" by which you refer to a specific
file.

FWIW, this definition is used in many computer science texts, also in
JFS Layout paper I think.  I confirmed my definition with various
sources.

> [...]

Hope this helps. Btw, this is the first time I am posting to lkml.
Thank You.

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