The file system used in DOS, OS/2 and many versions of Windows. The name comes from the "file allocation table" that is used to to keep track of the data on the disk. See FAT and FAT32.

file system against the old FAT (File Allocation System). The NTFS file system has a few advantages over the old FAT file systems, such as larger storage support, data encryption, compression ...

exFAT, or EXtended File Allocation Table, is an enhanced version of the FAT file system from Microsoft that uses less overhead than the Windows NTFS file system. It extends the maximum file size ...