file allocation table

Noun

Meaning

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)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fat

Hypernyms

table tabular array

Examples

Examples of data structures stored on disk to retrieve files include the File Allocation Table (FAT) in the DOS file system and inodes in many UNIX file systems, as well as other operating system data structures (also known as metadata ). Source: Internet

It is loosely based on the File Allocation Table architecture, but incompatible, proprietary and protected by patents. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

file a suit file access file allocation file appellation file assignment file association