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file allocation table

noun

Definitions

  1. A table used internally by the operating system to keep track of the structure of a disk…

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

    • […], although their access involves traversing the indirection in the file allocation table.
    • The file allocation table needs just a single entry for each file, […]
    • For the file allocation table type of file systems, an entire file system allocation table is large and requires many disk sectors to store, […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for file allocation table. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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