file allocation table

Noun

 * 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.
 * 2) * 2008, A. A. Puntambekar, I. A. Dhotre, Systems Programming, 3rd revised edition, Technical Publications Pune, page 13:20:
 * The file allocation table needs just a single entry for each file,
 * 1) * 2008, Bruce Jacob, Spencer W. Ng, David T. Wang, Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk, Morgan Kaufmann, page 691:
 * For the file allocation table type of file systems, an entire file system allocation table is large and requires many disk sectors to store,
 * For the file allocation table type of file systems, an entire file system allocation table is large and requires many disk sectors to store,

Synonyms

 * FAT

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 文件配置表
 * Finnish: tilanvaraustaulukko
 * Irish: tábla leithdháilte comhad
 * Japanese: ファイル・アロケーション・テーブル
 * Russian: табли́ца размеще́ния фа́йлов
 * Swedish: filallokeringstabell