FAT

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

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: făt, IPA^(key): /fæt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• 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.

Hyponyms

(computing):

• FAT8
• FAT12
• FAT16
  • FAT16B
  • FAT16X
• FAT32
  • FAT32X
• VFAT
• FAT64
• FATX
• exFAT

(protein):

• FAT1

References

• „FAT“ on Abkürzungen.de

Further reading

• FAT on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AFT, ATF, FTA, TAF, TFA, Taf, aft, aft-, taf