The location in VFS that the newly mounted medium was registered is called mount point when the mounting process is completed,
In general, the process of mounting comprises the operating system acquiring access to the storage medium recognizing, reading, and processing file system structure and metadata on it before registering them to the virtual file system (VFS) component. Mounting is a process by which the operating system makes files and directories on a storage device (such as hard drive, CD-ROM, or network share) available for users to access via the computer's file system. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.