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al·lo·ca·tion unit

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  1. allocation unitnoun

    a group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file

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  1. allocation unit

    An allocation unit, also known as a block or cluster, is the smallest amount of disk space that can be allocated to hold a file in a computer's file system. All file systems used by Windows organize hard disks based on cluster size, which represents the smallest amount of disk space that a file can use. For example, if a file system has an allocation unit of 16 kilobytes, even a small file that contains only a tiny amount of data will still occupy 16 kilobytes of storage on the disk.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of allocation unit in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of allocation unit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4


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