FAT Full Form Name
Full Form of FAT:
File Allocation Table
FAT Full Form is File
Allocation Table. A file allocation table (FAT) is a system
developed for hard drives that used 12 or 16 bits originally for cluster entry
into the file allocation table. It is used to manage files on hard drives and
several computer systems. It is often found in digital cameras and portable
devices. The FAT file system is supported by mostly all OSs on personal
computers (PCs). Files in hard drives are stored in the form of clusters. These
clusters are scattered over the disk.
The operating system creates an
FAT for the new file that records the location of each cluster and its
sequential order. FAT offers good performance even for light-weight
implementations, but fail to deliver the same performance & reliability on
some modern file systems. It is used to store file information and improve the
life of a hard drive.
The FAT file system is designed
to reduce the amount of seeking, thereby minimizing the wear and tear on the
hard disc. FAT is also used for storing information on portable media such as
memory cards. FAT is designed to support subdirectories and hard drives. FAT 16
is older version of FAT in Windows 95 and the latest version is FAT 32 (Windows
98).