File System
A File System manages data on a storage disk (Hard Disk Drive). Almost every
disk contains a file system and the data
information. A File System manages store management, file naming, meta data and other
operations. FAT 32, NTFS and HFS
are commonly used file systems.
ACL
Access Control List is the set of permissions that state the access granted
to users to an attached object and the
functions it can perform. An ACL is a tabular structure that notifies the ‘user access rights
to a system object’, to a
computer operating system.
MSI
Micro Soft Installer is an installer package file format used by windows
which later changed its name to Windows
Installer. MSI files contain information about the features and components of an application.
They are used for
installation, storage and removal of programs. They are executed by an EXE file which is a
part of Windows.
Registry
The Registry is one place to keep information about the hardware attached,
what system options have been opted and how
memory of the computer is setup. A registry will be notified when an application is
installed/uninstalled.