The file system used in DOS, OS/2 and many versions of Windows. The name comes from the "file allocation table" that is used to to keep track of the data on the disk. See FAT and FAT32.

Instead of using CP/M disk images, [Marcelo]’s emulator emulates CP/M disk drives on top of a regular FAT file system. Drives are mapped to folders in the FAT file system, so a folder named ‘A ...

The Microsoft Windows operating systems have always supported various versions of the FAT file system. FAT stands for File Allocation Table, a term that describes what it does: maintains a table ...

A file system is a major component of the operating system (OS). Applications command the OS to input and output data, and the file system reads and writes the sectors on the storage drive.

Now, 30 years later, the FAT file system supports partitions of up to 2TB — and Microsoft is finally getting rid of that arbitrary limit from Windows 95 OSR 2. FAT32, which stands for the 32-bit ...

based software giant kicked off the effort by announcing royalty-bearing licensing programs for its Windows FAT file system and ClearType font-rendering technology. The announcement calls for ...