What do you mean by a cluster
Posted on May 16th , 2009 by Admin
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A cluster is the logical unit of file storage on a hard disk; it's managed by the computer's operating system. Any file stored on a hard disk takes up one or more clusters of storage. A file's clusters can be scattered among different locations on the hard disk. The clusters associated with a file are kept track of in the hard disk's file allocation table (FAT). When you read a file, the entire file is obtained for you and you aren't aware of the cl |
| usters it is stored in. Since a cluster is a logical rather than a physical unit, the size of a cluster can be varied. |
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