(computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary definitions and timing information have been added by formatting the disk
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formatted capacity::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of formatted capacity
formatted capacity
The 2.6GB disks, for example, had a formatted capacity of 1.2GB per side.
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Actual formatted capacity may be less.
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Microdrives can store 8 GB or more, but must be formatted for a file system which supports this capacity, such as ext3 or NTFS or FAT32 which might not be supported by older CompactFlash hosts.
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It could also access standard PC disks formatted to 180 KB or 360 KB, again using the first byte of the FAT to determine the capacity.
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In part, this is because the end user capacity of a particular disk is a function of the controller hardware, so that the same disk could be formatted to a variety of capacities.
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