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If the file has been allocated more than one cluster, then the FAT table entry will contain the address of the second cluster (which is also the index number of the second cluster’s entry in the FAT table). The second cluster entry points to the third, and so forth. A FAT entry like this forms a linked list commonly called a cluster chain.

The figure below illustrates the relationship between the directory entry and the FAT.

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