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File Allocation Table

Computer program
File Allocation Table is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default filesystem for MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems. Originally developed in 1977 for use on floppy disks, it was adapted for use on hard disks and... Wikipedia
Initial release date: 1977
Limits: 4 GB
Bad blocks: Cluster tagging
Directory contents: Table
File allocation: Linked list
Variants: 8-bit FAT, FAT12, FAT16, FAT16B, FAT32, ExFAT, FATX, FAT+