"VFAT" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /viː.fæt/ Forms: VFATs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} VFAT (plural VFATs)
  1. (computing) Initialism of virtual file allocation table: the method used by Windows 9x and Windows NT to allow the use of long filenames on FAT16 and FAT32 file systems while still providing 8.3 aliases of these filenames for backwards compatibility with systems not supporting long filenames. Wikipedia link: VFAT Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: virtual file allocation table (extra: the method used by Windows 9x and Windows NT to allow the use of long filenames on FAT16 and FAT32 file systems while still providing 8.3 aliases of these filenames for backwards compatibility with systems not supporting long filenames.) Categories (topical): Computing, Microsoft Related terms: FAT, FAT12, FAT64, FATX, exFAT Related terms (FAT16): FAT16B, FAT16X Related terms (FAT32): FAT32X

Inflected forms

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