FAT

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See also: Fat, Fät, fat, fát, fāt, făt, and fät

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Pronunciation

  • enPR: făt, IPA(key): /fæt/
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  • Rhymes: -æt

Noun

FAT (countable and uncountable, plural FATs)

  1. (computing) Acronym of File Allocation Table or file allocation table.
    1. Any of a series of file systems that use one or more FATs.
      1. (often specifically) FAT16 or FAT16B.
      2. (sometimes specifically) FAT12.
      3. (specifically, Microsoft Windows) FAT12 or FAT16, without drawing a distinction between the two.
  2. (genetics, biochemistry) Any of a series of genes and their equivalent proteins that are associated with cell proliferation.
  3. (countable, property law, England and Wales) Initialism of full agricultural tenancy.

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