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Meaning of file allocation table | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A table used internally by the operating system to keep track of the structure of a disk and where files are stored on it.

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Examples

“[…], although their access involves traversing the indirection in the file allocation table.”
“The file allocation table needs just a single entry for each file, […]”
“For the file allocation table type of file systems, an entire file system allocation table is large and requires many disk sectors to store, […]”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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