volume table of contents

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volume table of contents - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Volume Table Of Contents
  VTOC
  
     <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)