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Simple - and common - file system
Found on all Windows OS and many devices
FAT12: Developed 1977 (MS Disk BASIC)
FAT16: Developed 1987 (MS-DOS 3.31)
FAT32: Developed 1996 (Win95 OSR2)
Few data structures supported:
Cluster: Basic storage unit for files
Directory: Lists file name, starting cluster, and length
File Allocation Table: Contains cluster status and pointer to next cluster in chain
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