• File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default file system for the MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems...
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  • exFAT (Extensible File Allocation Table) is a file system optimized for flash memory such as USB flash drives and SD cards, that was introduced by Microsoft...
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  • file system. The file is partitioned into Sectors which are chained together with a File Allocation Table (not to be mistaken with the file system of the...
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  • Second chain (6 clusters) for a non-fragmented file (here: #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8) The File Allocation Table (FAT) is a contiguous number of sectors immediately...
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  • FAT16 and FAT32 maintaining two copies (FAT 0 and FAT 1) of the file allocation table instead of two identical ones. While performing a drive operation...
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  • NTFS (redirect from Master File Table)
    Windows NT 3.1, it is the default file system of the Windows NT family superseding the File Allocation Table (FAT) file system. NTFS read/write support...
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  • was common with some operating systems that supported the File Allocation Table (FAT) file system. Examples of operating systems that do not impose this...
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  • allocation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Allocation may refer to: Block allocation map C++ allocators Delayed allocation File allocation table IP...
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  • Long filename (redirect from Long File Name)
    such as .jpg, .tif, or .htm. The standard has been common with File Allocation Table (FAT) filesystems since its first implementation in Windows NT 3...
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  • "user immutable" flag in the 4.4BSD flags field. File Allocation Table (original version) has a per-file read-only attribute that applies to all users....
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  • In computing, the NetWare File System (NWFS) was a file system based on a heavily optimized, journal-based FAT file system. It was used in the Novell...
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  • dBASE Application Generator, a Files List Object file. In Mirror (computing), a file containing a saved File Allocation Table (FAT), created by some DOS mirror...
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  • current directory to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\). Design of the FAT file system File Allocation Table (FAT) File system Filename extension Long...
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  • operating system. NT 3.1 introduced NTFS, a file system designed to replace the older File Allocation Table (FAT) which was used by DOS and the DOS-based...
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  • – Hierarchical File System, used by older versions of macOS. HFS+ - default file system up to macOS Sierra. FAT – File Allocation Table, commonly used...
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    Disk sector (redirect from Allocation unit)
    occurs when a file is deleted from the directory listing, but the File Allocation Table (FAT) still shows the clusters allocated to the file. The term cluster...
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    the Intel 8080 platform, the operating system-independent File Allocation Table (FAT) file system is defined with little-endian byte ordering, even on...
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  • limitations of the old File Allocation Table filenames, the names 'Program Files', 'Program Files (x86)' and 'Common Program Files' are shortened by the...
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    Filename (redirect from File name)
    a special block of the file including additional information.[citation needed] The original File Allocation Table (FAT) file system, used by Standalone...
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  • fee). He is credited with designing and implementing the 8-bit File Allocation Table file system for the NCR 8200[citation needed] data-entry terminal and...
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  • Undeletion (redirect from File undeletion)
    occupied by the file will, however, be erased from the File Allocation Table, marking those sectors available for use by other files created or modified...
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    (80286) architectures, floppy disks and hard disk drives (with the File Allocation Table (FAT) 16 limits), and Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) graphics (80x25...
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    file as needed. To achieve this, the file system had to keep track of which blocks were used or unused by data files in a catalog or file allocation table...
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  • with support for extents. ext3cow – A versioning file system form of ext3. FAT – File Allocation Table, initially used on DOS and Microsoft Windows and...
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  • FAT filesystem and Linux (category Disk file systems)
    Linux has several filesystem drivers for the File Allocation Table (FAT) filesystem format. These are commonly known by the names used in the mount command...
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  • a utility that attempts to recover a deleted file Mirror — a tool for storing the File Allocation Table to permit recovery of high-level formatted disks...
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  • extent allocation results in less file fragmentation. Extent-based file systems can also eliminate most of the metadata overhead of large files that would...
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  • that work together Data cluster, a group of disk sectors used in a File Allocation Table Business cluster, a geographic cluster of competitive businesses...
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    UNDELETE in MS-DOS 5.0 have a bug which can corrupt data: If the file allocation table of a disk uses 256 sectors, running CHKDSK /F can cause data loss...
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  • EXT—EXTended file system ETA—Estimated Time of Arrival EV—Extended Validation Certificate FAP—FORTRAN Assembly Program FASM—Flat ASseMbler FAT—File Allocation Table...
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