file allocation table

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

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  • File allocation table — Pour les articles homonymes, voir FAT. FAT, acronyme anglais de file allocation table (table d allocation de fichiers), est un système de fichiers conçu par Bill Gates et Marc McDonald pour le Microsoft Disk BASIC, puis réutilisé dans QDOS dont c …   Wikipédia en Français

  • File Allocation Table — FAT (от англ. File Allocation Table «таблица размещения файлов») архитектура файловой системы, сейчас широко используемая в картах памяти фотоаппаратов и других устройств. Разработана Биллом Гейтсом и Марком МакДональдом в 1977 году[1].… …   Википедия

  • file allocation table — (FAT) area of a disk on which the location of each file is recorded …   English contemporary dictionary

  • File Allocation Table —   [Abk. FAT], Dateizuordnungstabelle …   Universal-Lexikon

  • File Allocation Table — For other uses, see Fat (disambiguation). FAT Developer Microsoft Full Name File Allocation Table FAT12 (12‑bit version) FAT16/FAT16B (16‑bit versions) FAT32 (32‑bit version with 28 bits used) Introduced …   Wikipedia

  • File Allocation Table — Das File Allocation Table (vom Englischen etwa für „Dateizuordnungstabelle“; Abkürzung FAT, englische Aussprache [fæt]) ist ein von Microsoft entwickeltes Dateisystem. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Hintergrund 2 Aufbau 2.1 Bootsektor …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • File Allocation Table — Pour les articles homonymes, voir FAT. FAT, acronyme anglais de file allocation table (table d allocation de fichiers), est un système de fichiers conçu par Bill Gates et Marc McDonald pour le Microsoft Disk BASIC, puis réutilisé dans QDOS dont c …   Wikipédia en Français

  • file allocation table — 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) • Hypernyms: ↑table, ↑tabular array * * * file allocation… …   Useful english dictionary

  • file allocation table — FAT failų išdėstymo sistema statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis ↑Failų išdėstymo sistema, visą informaciją apie diske esančius failus laikanti fiksuoto dydžio lentelėje. Yra trys sistemos variantai: FAT12, FAT16, FAT32. Skaičius rodo, kiek… …   Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas

  • file allocation table —    Abbreviated FAT, pronounced [fat]. A table, maintained by the operating systems, that lists all the blocks of disk space available on a disk.    The FAT includes the location of each block, as well as whether it is in use, available for use,… …   Dictionary of networking

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