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Sender: "piclist-bounces@mit.edu" Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2020 18:46:22 -0700 Subject: Re: [OT] organizing/grouping transistors Thread-Topic: [OT] organizing/grouping transistors Thread-Index: AdZQFC2xigta/2ssQoi+C7g5SgntIw== Message-ID: References: <02add9ae-8b8a-f57b-2a30-37a0296e786c@gmail.com> <80906b17-0cbc-af35-90fc-ff110986697f@westnet.com.au> List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , In-Reply-To: <80906b17-0cbc-af35-90fc-ff110986697f@westnet.com.au> Reply-To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. 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I understand that is what Amazon uses in their warehouses. Stuff is stored wherever it will fit. The computer system sends the picker to the right place for each product. This also, of course, is how stuff is stored on disk drives using FAT. Stuff is staved where it will fit and the file allocation table keeps track of where stuff is and where space is available. Harold --=20 FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com Not sent from an iPhone. --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .