FAT
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FAT (File Allocation Table) is an older, simple file system commonly used on removable storage devices and supported by many operating systems, but lacking advanced features like built-in encryption and journaling.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FAT canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8022307 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FAT Context triple: [Encrypting File System, notSupportedOn, FAT]
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A.
FAT
FAT is the commonly used abbreviation for the FA Trophy, an English football knockout competition for non-league clubs.
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B.
FAT
FAT is the three-letter IATA airport code for Fresno Yosemite International Airport in Fresno, California.
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C.
FAD
FAD is the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra, offering creative and humanities-focused education and research programs.
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D.
FAD
FAD is the ICAO airline designator assigned to flyadeal, a Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier based in Jeddah.
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E.
VFAT
VFAT is a Linux-compatible variant of the FAT file system that adds support for long filenames and improved interoperability with Windows systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FAT Target entity description: FAT (File Allocation Table) is an older, simple file system commonly used on removable storage devices and supported by many operating systems, but lacking advanced features like built-in encryption and journaling.
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A.
FAT
FAT is the commonly used abbreviation for the FA Trophy, an English football knockout competition for non-league clubs.
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B.
FAT
FAT is the three-letter IATA airport code for Fresno Yosemite International Airport in Fresno, California.
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C.
FAD
FAD is the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Canberra, offering creative and humanities-focused education and research programs.
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D.
FAD
FAD is the ICAO airline designator assigned to flyadeal, a Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier based in Jeddah.
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E.
VFAT
VFAT is a Linux-compatible variant of the FAT file system that adds support for long filenames and improved interoperability with Windows systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | file system ⓘ |
| abbreviationFor | File Allocation Table ⓘ |
| allocationMethod | table-based ⓘ |
| allocationTableLocation | reserved area at beginning of volume ⓘ |
| clusterSizeAffects |
maximum volume size
ⓘ
storage efficiency ⓘ |
| designedFor | disk storage ⓘ |
| directoryStructure | tree ⓘ |
| FAT12MaxVolumeSize | approximately 32 MB ⓘ |
| FAT16MaxVolumeSize | 2 GB with standard sector and cluster sizes ⓘ |
| FAT32MaxFileSize | 4 GB minus 1 byte ⓘ |
| FAT32MaxVolumeSize | 2 TB with 512-byte sectors ⓘ |
| fileSystemType |
legacy
ⓘ
simple ⓘ |
| fullName | File Allocation Table ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
FAT12
ⓘ
FAT16 ⓘ FAT32 ⓘ exFAT ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Microsoft ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| isCommonlyUsedFor |
interoperability between operating systems
ⓘ
removable media formatting ⓘ |
| isConsidered | less reliable than journaling file systems ⓘ |
| isOptimizedFor | small to medium-sized volumes ⓘ |
| isSupersededBy |
NTFS
ⓘ
exFAT ⓘ |
| lacksFeature |
access control lists
ⓘ
built-in compression ⓘ built-in encryption ⓘ file permissions comparable to POSIX ⓘ journaling ⓘ |
| originallyDevelopedFor |
MS-DOS
ⓘ
Stand-alone Disk BASIC ⓘ
linked to:
Altair DOS
|
| supportedBy |
DOS
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Microsoft Windows ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
macOS ⓘ many embedded systems ⓘ |
| supports |
long file names (with VFAT extension)
ⓘ
short 8.3 file names ⓘ |
| usedIn |
BIOS and firmware update media
ⓘ
MP3 players ⓘ digital cameras ⓘ game consoles ⓘ |
| usedOn |
USB flash drives
ⓘ
floppy disks ⓘ hard disk drives ⓘ memory cards ⓘ removable storage devices ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FAT Description of subject: FAT (File Allocation Table) is an older, simple file system commonly used on removable storage devices and supported by many operating systems, but lacking advanced features like built-in encryption and journaling.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.