| File Allocation Table | Attributes | Read-only, hidden, system, volume, directory, archive | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Bad blocks | Cluster tagging | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Date range | 1980-01-01 to 2099-12-31 (2107-12-31) | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Date resolution | 2 seconds for last modified time, | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Date resolution | 2 seconds for creation time, | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Date resolution | 1 day for access date, | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Date resolution | 2 seconds for deletion time | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Dates recorded | Modified date/time, creation date/time (DOS 7.0 and higher only), | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Dates recorded | access date (only available with ACCDATE enabled), | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Dates recorded | deletion date/time (only with DELWATCH 2) | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Developer(s) | Microsoft, NCR, SCP, IBM, Compaq, Digital Research, Novell, Caldera | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Directory contents | Table | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | File allocation | Linked list | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | File system permissions | FAT12/FAT16: File, directory and volume access rights for read, write, execute, delete only with DR-DOS, PalmDOS, Novell DOS, OpenDOS, FlexOS, 4680 OS, 4690 OS, Concurrent DOS,… | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | File system permissions | execute with only FlexOS, 4680 OS, 4690 OS; | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | File system permissions | individual file / directory passwords not with FlexOS, 4680 OS, 4690 OS; | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | File system permissions | world/group/owner permission classes only with multiuser security loaded | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | File system permissions | FAT32: Partial, only with DR-DOS, REAL/32 and 4690 OS | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Forks | Not natively | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Full name | File Allocation Table | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Introduced | 1977 (1977) with Standalone Disk BASIC-80 | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Max file size | 4,294,967,295 bytes (4 GB − 1) with FAT16B and FAT32 | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Max filename length | 8.3 filename, or 255 UCS-2 characters when using LFN[nb 1] | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Max no. of files | FAT12: 4,068 for 8 KB clusters | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Max no. of files | FAT16: 65,460 for 32 KB clusters | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Max no. of files | FAT32: 268,173,300 for 32 KB clusters | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Max volume size | FAT12: 32 MB (256 MB for 64 KB clusters) | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Max volume size | FAT16: 2 GB (4 GB for 64 KB clusters) | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Max volume size | FAT32: 2 TB (16 TB for 4 KB sectors) | 1.00 | infobox |
| File Allocation Table | Partition IDs | FAT12: 0x01 e.a. (Extended Attribute) | 1.00 | infobox |
