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file allocation table

In computing, a table used by the operating system to record the physical arrangement of files on disk. As a result of fragmentation, files can be split into many parts sited at different places on the disk.

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The structure of the disk tracking system is contained in the File Allocation Table which keeps data sectors allocated in groups called clusters.

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