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file al·lo·ca·tion ta·ble

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. file allocation tablenoun

    the part of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk)

Wiktionary

  1. file allocation tablenoun

    A table used internally by the operating system to keep track of the structure of a disk and where files are stored on it.

Wikipedia

  1. File Allocation Table

    File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default filesystem for MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems. Originally developed in 1977 for use on floppy disks, it was adapted for use on hard disks and other devices. The increase in disk drives capacity required three major variants: FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32. FAT was replaced with NTFS as the default file system on Microsoft operating systems starting with Windows XP. Nevertheless, FAT continues to be used on flash and other solid-state memory cards and modules (including USB flash drives), many portable and embedded devices because of its compatibility and ease of implementation.

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  1. file allocation table

    A File Allocation Table (FAT) is a data structure used by certain computer operating systems to locate and manage files stored on a disk. It is a part of file system that keeps track of all the clusters used by each file and helps the operating system identify the location of each file. Each entry in the FAT corresponds to a specific cluster on the disk and contains information about that cluster, such as whether it's free, in use, or corrupted. It was primarily used in earlier versions of Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS and certain other operating systems.

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  1. File Allocation Table

    File Allocation Table is the name of a computer file system architecture and a family of industry standard file systems utilizing it. The FAT file system is a legacy file system which is simple and robust. It offers good performance even in light-weight implementations, but cannot deliver the same performance, reliability and scalability as some modern file systems. It is however supported for compatibility reasons by virtually all existing operating systems for personal computers, and thus is a well-suited format for data exchange between computers and devices of almost any type and age from the early 1980s up to the present. Originally designed in the late 1970s for use on floppy disks, it was soon adapted and used almost universally on hard disks throughout the DOS and Windows 9x eras for two decades. With the introduction of more powerful computers and operating systems, and the development of more complex filesystems for them, it is no longer the default filesystem for usage on hard drives by most modern desktop operating systems. Today, FAT file systems are still commonly found on floppy disks, solid-state memory cards, flash memory cards, and on many portable and embedded devices. It is also utilized in the boot stage of EFI-compliant computers.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of file allocation table in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of file allocation table in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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  • ファイル・アロケーション・テーブルJapanese
  • табли́ца размеще́ния фа́йловRussian
  • filallokeringstabellSwedish

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