FAT16
noun› The version of the FAT series of file…
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The original version of this file system, storing both the number of (real or virtual) disk sectors and the number of sector clusters in a volume as 16-bit integers.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Often FAT16B, the version of this file system storing the number of clusters in a volume as a 16-bit integer but using a 32-bit integer to represent the total number of sectors in a volume, allowing for larger volume and file sizes.
- Related terms
- VFAT
- Hypernyms
- FAT
- Hyponyms
- FAT16B, FAT16X