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file allocation tables

file allocation tables is the plural of file allocation table.

Meaning of file allocation table

Noun

file allocation table (plural file allocation tables)

  1. 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.2006, Dhananjay M. Dhamdhere, Operating Systems: A Concept-based Approach, 2nd edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, page 346
    Synonyms:
    FAT

Questions about file allocation tables

What is file allocation tables the plural of?
File allocation tables is the plural of file allocation table.

Words near file allocation tables in the dictionary

  1. Filchner
  2. Fildu de Jos
  3. file
  4. file 13
  5. file allocation table
  6. file allocation tables
  7. file association
  8. file associations
  9. file away
  10. file cabinet
  11. file cabinets

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