"Allocation units" is the term that has been used since the earliest
versions of CHKDSK for DOS 2. I think that's the only application that uses
the term - FORMAT uses clusters, and, like you say, everyone knows them as
clusters.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"mazorj" <mazorj@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Got it. Why didn't they just say "clusters"? Almost anyone from
> pre-Vista days knows what those are.
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