"FAT16" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} FAT16 (uncountable)
  1. (computing) The version of the FAT series of file systems which uses a 16-bit file allocation table.
    (very strictly) The original version of this file system, storing both the number of (real or virtual) disk sectors and the number of sector clusters in a volume as 16-bit integers.
    Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-FAT16-en-noun-hJlHjQCe Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  2. (computing) The version of the FAT series of file systems which uses a 16-bit file allocation table.
    (often) FAT16B, the version of this file system storing the number of clusters in a volume as a 16-bit integer but using a 32-bit integer to represent the total number of sectors in a volume, allowing for larger volume and file sizes.
    Tags: often, uncountable
    Sense id: en-FAT16-en-noun-i9dnZEsR Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: FAT Hyponyms: FAT16B, FAT16X Related terms: VFAT Coordinate_terms: FAT8, FAT12, FAT32X, FAT32, FAT64, FATX, exFAT
Categories (other): Sixteen Disambiguation of Sixteen: 0 0
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