Definition: FAT (File Allocation Table)


A data table stored at the beginning of each partition on the disk that is used by the operating system to determine which sectors are allocated to each file and in what order.




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Master

The first drive in a dual drive combination. A master drive by itself (with no slave) is called a single drive. See slave.

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