''More features of the file system, to be explained later, include implementation of an Application Program Interface (API) which consists of higher level file system function calls, as well as BIOS (hardware specific) function calls which execute the functions of the API calls at the hardware level.''

''The first API executed is Initialize. This API is activated when power is first applied to a device utilizing the flash file system of the present invention. It might be easier to conceptually visualize the API as two different commands in DOS. They are the format command and the fdisk command. In other words, when a power switch is toggled on, the Initialize API prepares the file system for operation. Preparation includes bulk erasure of the flash memory if the memory has been previously marked for bulk erasure. This is the format aspect.''

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