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Definition of File allocation table

1. Noun. 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).

Definition of File allocation table

1. Noun. (computing) A table used internally by the operating system to keep track of the structure of a disk and where files are stored on it. ¹

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Literary usage of File allocation table

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Defend Your Data!: Guide to Data Recovery by David J. Stang (1991)
"... stands for Peter Norton Computing Inc. Repairing the file allocation table Explanation As noted in the chapter "More Storage Concepts", the FAT contains ..."

2. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"FAT (file allocation table); 2. FAT32 (32-bit file allocation table); and 3. NTFS (NT File System). In the Macintosh world, there are two: 1 . ..."

3. Advisory Memorandum on Office Automation Security Guideline (1993)
"Example: On most magnetic disks, there is a file allocation table with entries pointing to where on the disk each file is stored. ..."

4. A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology by Roy A. Allan (2001)
"The company assigned Marc McDonald to the project who developed a new disk formatting concept that used a file allocation table (FAT) . ..."

5. Electronic Records: Clinton Administration's Management of Executive Office edited by Linda D. Koontz (2001)
"... issue," which state that backup problems were experienced due to going from a file allocation table (FAT) system to a Windows NT File System (NTFS). ..."

6. Executive Guide to Computer Virusesby Charles Ritstein by Charles Ritstein (1992)
"FAT: file allocation table. Used by DOS to keep track of all files on the disk. Without an intact FAT, DOS cannot find files on the disk, ..."

7. Computer Virus (Icsa) by David J. Stang (1991)
"The file allocation tables A file allocation table (FAT) is located immediately after the DOS Boot Sector. From the FAT alone, we can reconstruct a file, ..."

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