ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Sector table

Okay kiddo, so imagine you have a big, round pizza. The pizza is made up of many small slices, right? Just like that, a computer's hard drive is made up of many small sections called sectors, and each sector can hold a certain amount of information, like a slice of the pizza can hold toppings.

Now, imagine you want to keep track of which slices of pizza have toppings on them. You could make a table, where each row represents a slice and each column represents a different topping. In the same way, a computer has a sector table that keeps track of which sectors are being used to store information, and which sectors are still empty and available for use.

This sector table is important because it helps the computer know where to look for the information you want to access. Just like you need to know which slice of pizza has your favorite topping, the computer needs to know which sector has the information you're looking for. And by using the sector table, it can find that information quickly and easily.