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'''FAT''' (File Allocation Table) is a type of file system which can refer to one of these:
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'''FAT''' (File Allocation Table) is a family of filesystem formats. It was the main filesystem of [[MS-DOS]], early versions of [[Windows]], and other systems. Nowadays, it's often used on removable media, and by portable electronic devices.
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== Original FAT family ==
  
* [[exFAT]] (Microsoft, for flash memory)
 
 
* [[FAT8]]
 
* [[FAT8]]
 
* [[FAT12]]
 
* [[FAT12]]
 
* [[FAT16]]
 
* [[FAT16]]
* [[vFAT]]
 
 
* [[FAT32]]
 
* [[FAT32]]
* [[fuse-exFAT]] (open-source clone of exFAT)
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* [[Turbo FAT]]
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== Derivatives and related articles ==
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* [[exFAT]] (Microsoft, for flash memory)
 
* [[FATX]]
 
* [[FATX]]
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* [[fuse-exFAT]] (open-source clone of exFAT)
 
* [[Transaction-Safe FAT File System]]
 
* [[Transaction-Safe FAT File System]]
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* [[Turbo FAT]]
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* [[VFAT]]
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== Links ==
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* [[Wikipedia: File Allocation Table]]
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* [[Wikipedia: Design of the FAT file system]]
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* [https://wiki.osdev.org/FAT OSDev Wiki article]
  
{{disambiguation}}
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[[Category:Microsoft]]
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[[Category:MS-DOS]]
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[[Category:Windows]]

Latest revision as of 21:18, 19 August 2019

File Format
Name FAT
Ontology
Wikidata ID Q190167
Released ~1977

FAT (File Allocation Table) is a family of filesystem formats. It was the main filesystem of MS-DOS, early versions of Windows, and other systems. Nowadays, it's often used on removable media, and by portable electronic devices.

[edit] Original FAT family

[edit] Derivatives and related articles

[edit] Links

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