FAT32

Noun

Meaning

FAT32 (uncountable)

(computing) The version of the FAT series of file systems which uses a 32-bit file allocation table.

Examples

A limitation which was not addressed until much later (with FAT32) was that any bad sector in the control structures area, track 0, could prevent the disk from being usable. Source: Internet

FAT32 was introduced with MS-DOS 7.1 / Windows 95 OSR2 in 1996, although reformatting was needed to use it, and DriveSpace 3 (the version that came with Windows 95 OSR2 and Windows 98) never supported it. Source: Internet

For example, DR-DOS boot sectors are able to locate the boot file in the FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 file system, and load it into memory as a whole via CHS or LBA, even if the file is not stored in a fixed location and in consecutive sectors. Source: Internet

IFS method to store EAs on FAT32 volumes. Source: Internet

IFS method to store OS/2 extended attributes on FAT32 volumes.) mainPatents Microsoft applied for, and was granted, a series of patents for key parts of the FAT file system in the mid-1990s. Source: Internet

It included new hardware drivers and the FAT32 file system which supports disk partitions that are larger than 2 GB (first introduced in Windows 95 OSR2). Source: Internet

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