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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

file allocation table (FAT)

Details of where files are stored in the backing store are kept in a file allocation table, which is itself a file also kept on the backing store.

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backing storediskhard diskstorage
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Hardware › storage
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