ALLOCATION UNIT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of sectors on a magnetic disk that can be reserved for the use of a particular file

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("allocation unit" is a kind of...):

computer memory unit (a unit for measuring computer memory)

Meronyms (parts of "allocation unit"):

sector (the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes)

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