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extent

(1) Contiguous space on a disk reserved for a file or application.

(2) A contiguous set of blocks in a database.

extent

1. US Law a writ authorizing a person to whom a debt is due to assume temporary possession of his debtor's lands

2. Logic another word for extension (sense 6)

extent [ik′stent]

(computer science)

The physical locations in a mass-storage device or volume allocated for use by a particular data set.

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