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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Adaptive Caching

A feature of hard disk drives that enables them to improve performance and throughput by adapting to the application being run.

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