vfat

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|computing}} {{initialism of|en|[[virtual]] [[file allocation table]]}}: the method used by {{w|Windows 9x}} and {{w|Windows NT}} to allow the use of [[long filename]]s on [[FAT16]] and [[FAT32]] [[file system]]s while still providing [[8.3]] [[alias]]es of these filenames for [[backwards compatibility]] with systems not [[support]]ing long filenames.

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