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variable-sized, contiguous area of storage that some filesystems use as a unit of disk space allocation
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extent

Summary

extent ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • extent's subclass of is recorded as data structure[2].
  • extent's subclass of is recorded as memory area[3].
  • extent's subclass of is recorded as unit[4].
  • extent's part of is recorded as volume[5].
  • extent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05r2xw[6].
  • extent's facet of is recorded as file system[7].
  • extent's facet of is recorded as operating system[8].
  • extent's different from is recorded as data cluster[9].

Why It Matters

extent ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month).[1] extent has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] extent is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

file system operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). extent. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/extent
MLA “extent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/extent.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_extent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{extent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/extent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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