Definition: FAT16


Older version of the FAT file system. It is a 16-bit file allocation system. It has a limitation with respect to the size of partitions it can handle.




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Landing Zone

The heads move to this location on the inner portion of the disk when commanded, or when the power has been turned off. User data is not stored in this area of the disk.

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