<storage> (VTOC) /V-tock/ A special file on a disk, which
contains a list of all the ordinary files on the disk and
their addresses. Also called a directory.
The term is used mostly with large mainframe disk drives.
Storage administrators will often refer to the VTOC to obtain
information on the number of files stored on a disk.
(1997-04-15)
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