FAT32
E182432
FAT32 is a widely used 32-bit file system format developed by Microsoft, commonly employed on older Windows systems and removable storage devices for broad compatibility.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FAT32 canonical | 12 |
| FAT32 extended BPB | 1 |
| Microsoft FAT32 File System Specification | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1621436 — 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: FAT32 Context triple: [Windows 98, defaultFileSystem, FAT32]
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A.
FAT16
FAT16 is an older 16-bit File Allocation Table file system widely used on early DOS and Windows systems, known for its simplicity and limitations in maximum partition and file sizes.
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B.
exFAT
exFAT is a Microsoft-developed file system optimized for flash drives and SD cards, designed to handle large files and volumes with broad cross-platform compatibility.
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C.
VFAT
VFAT is a Linux-compatible variant of the FAT file system that adds support for long filenames and improved interoperability with Windows systems.
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D.
FAT
FAT is the commonly used abbreviation for the FA Trophy, an English football knockout competition for non-league clubs.
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E.
ext2
ext2 is a widely used early Linux disk file system known for its simplicity, robustness, and lack of journaling.
- 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: FAT32 Target entity description: FAT32 is a widely used 32-bit file system format developed by Microsoft, commonly employed on older Windows systems and removable storage devices for broad compatibility.
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A.
FAT16
FAT16 is an older 16-bit File Allocation Table file system widely used on early DOS and Windows systems, known for its simplicity and limitations in maximum partition and file sizes.
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B.
exFAT
exFAT is a Microsoft-developed file system optimized for flash drives and SD cards, designed to handle large files and volumes with broad cross-platform compatibility.
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C.
VFAT
VFAT is a Linux-compatible variant of the FAT file system that adds support for long filenames and improved interoperability with Windows systems.
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D.
FAT
FAT is the commonly used abbreviation for the FA Trophy, an English football knockout competition for non-league clubs.
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E.
ext2
ext2 is a widely used early Linux disk file system known for its simplicity, robustness, and lack of journaling.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer file system
ⓘ
file system ⓘ |
| allocationUnit | cluster ⓘ |
| backwardCompatibleWith |
FAT12
ⓘ
FAT16 ⓘ |
| basedOn | FAT file system family ⓘ |
| caseSensitivity | case-insensitive, case-preserving ⓘ |
| commonUseCase |
bootable installation media for operating systems
ⓘ
firmware update media for devices ⓘ interchange format between different operating systems ⓘ |
| designedFor |
DOS-based Windows systems
ⓘ
broad compatibility ⓘ removable storage devices ⓘ small to medium-sized volumes ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| directoryStructure | tree-structured directories ⓘ |
| fileSystemType | 32-bit file system ⓘ |
| follows | FAT16 ⓘ |
| introducedInYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| introducedWith |
Windows 95
ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 95 OSR2
|
| journalSupport | no built-in journaling ⓘ |
| lessSuitableFor |
large individual files
ⓘ
very large volumes ⓘ |
| maximumClusterCount | 268435445 ⓘ |
| maximumFileSize | 4 GiB minus 1 byte ⓘ |
| maximumVolumeSize | 2 TiB with 512-byte sectors ⓘ |
| metadataStructure | file allocation table ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
interoperability
ⓘ
simplicity of implementation ⓘ |
| standardizedIn |
FAT32
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft FAT32 File System Specification
|
| succeededBy |
NTFS
ⓘ
surface form:
NTFS (on Windows internal drives)
exFAT ⓘ |
| supportsLongFilenames | true ⓘ |
| supportsLongFilenamesVia | VFAT extensions ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Android
ⓘ
FreeBSD ⓘ Linux ⓘ Windows 10 ⓘ Windows 11 ⓘ Windows 2000 ⓘ Windows 7 ⓘ Windows 8 ⓘ Windows 95 ⓘ
surface form:
Windows 95 OSR2
Windows 98 ⓘ Windows ME ⓘ Windows Vista ⓘ Windows XP ⓘ macOS ⓘ many embedded operating systems ⓘ |
| supportsPermissions | no native POSIX permissions ⓘ |
| usedOnDeviceType |
SD card
ⓘ
USB flash drive ⓘ digital camera storage ⓘ external hard drive ⓘ game console storage ⓘ memory card ⓘ |
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: FAT32 Description of subject: FAT32 is a widely used 32-bit file system format developed by Microsoft, commonly employed on older Windows systems and removable storage devices for broad compatibility.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Microsoft FAT32 File System Specification
this entity surface form:
FAT32 extended BPB