noun
FAT; File Allocation Table
Computing term for a file system table used by older Windows and DOS systems. Often encountered in discussions of disk formatting and file system types.
このUSBメモリはＦＡＴ３２でフォーマットされています。
This USB flash drive is formatted with FAT32.
ＦＡＴファイルシステムは、古いWindowsで使われていました。
The FAT file system was used in older versions of Windows.
Abbreviation of the English term 'File Allocation Table', borrowed directly into Japanese as a computing term.