extents

Noun

extent (plural extents)

1. A range of values or locations.
2. The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
   • I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word.
3. A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
   • Each extent contains one or more contiguous clusters. The file system describes each extent with two numbers: the number of the first cluster in the extent, and the number of clusters in the extent.2019, Richard E. Smith, Elementary Information Security, page 205
4. The valuation of property.
5. A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
   • Well, push him out of doors;
     And let my officers of such a nature
     Make an extent upon his house and lands.
     Do this expediently, and turn him going.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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