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Type of computer file
computer science, a sparse file is a type of computer file that attempts to use file system space more efficiently when the file itself is partially empty
Sparse_file
Matrix in which most of the elements are zero
In numerical analysis and scientific computing, a sparse matrix or sparse array is a matrix in which most of the elements are zero. There is no strict
Sparse_matrix
Proprietary file system developed by Microsoft
control lists (ACLs); filesystem encryption; transparent compression; sparse files; file system journaling and volume shadow copy, a feature that allows backups
NTFS
Disk image file type used on Apple computers
A sparse image is a type of disk image file used on macOS that grows in size as the user adds data to the image, taking up only as much disk space as
Sparse_image
Computer filing system
using the same format for the file data itself, and relocating the metadata into empty space, in some cases using sparse file support. Migration has the
File_system
Topics referred to by the same term
complexity theory Sparse matrix, in numerical analysis, a matrix populated primarily with zeros Sparse file, a computer file mostly empty Sparse network, a network
Sparse_(disambiguation)
Copy-on-write file system
converted files are available and writable in the default subvolume of the Btrfs. A sparse file holding all of the references to the original ext2/3/4 file system
Btrfs
Virtual hard drive format
for generating qcow2 files to avoid the use of sparse file support. One of the main characteristics of qcow disk images is that files with this format can
Qcow
sectors on the volume. Sparse files can be larger than the file system size, even though they can't contain more data. NSS allows files to have multiple names
Comparison_of_file_systems
Data structure for query optimization in databases
data file. In clustered indices with duplicate keys, the dense index points to the first record with that key. A sparse index in databases is a file with
Database_index
Distributed file system protocol
features including: server-side clone and copy, application I/O advise, sparse files, space reservation, application data block (ADB), labeled NFS with sec_label
Network_File_System
and prints the contents of the last login log file, /var/log/lastlog (which is a usually a very sparse file), including the login name, port, and last login
Lastlog
1999 Microsoft operating system version
disk quotas (provided by QuotaAdvisor), file-system-level encryption, sparse files and reparse points. Sparse files allow for the efficient storage of data
Windows_2000
Metadata associated with computer file that define file system behavior
link. Offline (O): The file data is physically moved to offline storage (Remote Storage). Sparse (P): The file is a sparse file, i.e., its contents are
File_attribute
Computer software coding tool
Sparse is a computer software tool designed to find possible coding faults in the Linux kernel. Unlike other such tools, this static analysis tool was
Sparse
File system for CD-R and CD-ROM optical discs
and file timestamps Support for symbolic links and device files Deeper directory hierarchy (more than 8 levels) Efficient storage of sparse files The
ISO_9660
File format for virtual hard disk drive containers
external descriptor file, while others embed it with the main data in a single file. A flat image allocates space ahead of time while a sparse image grows as
VMDK
Journaling file system developed by Apple
of the HFS allocation file as bad blocks. Notable among file systems used for Unix systems, HFS Plus does not support sparse files. There are nine structures
HFS_Plus
Journaling file system for IRIX and Linux
the file will be written in a contiguous group of blocks, reducing fragmentation problems and increasing performance. XFS provides a 64-bit sparse address
XFS
Type of information retrieval using LLMs
These methods focus on the encoding of text as either dense or sparse vectors. Sparse vectors, which encode the identity of a word, are typically dictionary-length
Retrieval-augmented generation
Retrieval-augmented_generation
File format representing a virtual hard disk drive
are filled with zeros, and then diskpart can use the NTFS feature of sparse files to eliminate runs of zeros in the VHD[citation needed]. The virtual machine
VHD_(file_format)
Harwell-Boeing file format is a file format designed to store sparse matrices, first described in 1982 as the format for the Harwell-Boeing collection of sparse matrix
Harwell-Boeing_file_format
graphing calculators to store keylogs Harwell-Boeing – a file format designed to store sparse matrices MML – MathML – Mathematical Markup Language ODF
List_of_file_formats
Software library providing an embedded transactional key-value database
underlying memory-mapped file. On a modern filesystem with sparse file support, this helps minimise actual disk usage. The file format of LMDB is, unlike
Lightning Memory-Mapped Database
Lightning_Memory-Mapped_Database
File system for magnetic tape
to clarify and remove ambiguity. It also added support for sparse files; persistent file identifiers; virtual extended attributes for filesystem metadata
Linear_Tape_File_System
Hex editor for Microsoft Windows
editor for Microsoft Windows that can edit files, NTFS alternate streams and sparse data, OLE compound files, logical disks, and physical drives. FlexHex
FlexHex
Journaling file system
utility which performs in-place conversion between any two file systems with sparse file support Gentoo Forum Link – Discussion on ReiserFS fragmentation
ReiserFS
M 12/Tiber (1945) – Italy, political and military liaison mission; a sparse file suggests activity in Liguria and Genoa. Macduff (1943) – Belgium, May
List of Special Operations Executive operations
List_of_Special_Operations_Executive_operations
between any two file systems with sparse file support and btrfs-convert, a tool that can convert from ext2/ext3/ext4 or reiserFS file system to Btrfs
Convert_(command)
Multicast routing protocol
table for reverse-path forwarding. There are four variants of PIM: PIM Sparse Mode (PIM-SM) explicitly builds unidirectional shared trees rooted at a
Protocol-Independent Multicast
Protocol-Independent_Multicast
Data compression archiver and format
symlinks) Takes care of sparse files Takes care of Linux file Extended Attributes, Takes care of Linux file ACL Takes care of Mac OS X file forks Takes care
Dar_(disk_archiver)
Version of Windows Server, released in 2012
names, file compression, file level encryption (EFS), user data transactions, hard links, extended attributes, and disk quotas. Sparse files are supported
Windows_Server_2012
Apple disk encryption software
startup volume. The operating system uses an encrypted sparse disk image (a large single file) to present a volume for the home directory. Mac OS X 10
FileVault
Open-source torrent client
client. supports both sparse files and compact file allocation (where pieces are kept consolidated on disk) seed mode, where the files on disk are assumed
Libtorrent
entries. A benefit of this method is the possibility to use sparse files by declaring a large file size but only allocating blocks that are actually used.
Block_allocation_map
Proprietary file system developed by Microsoft
tracking of uninitialized sparse data and files, and efficient 4k I/O. Windows Server 2022 (using ReFS version 3.7) supports file-level snapshots. Windows
ReFS
Technology developed by Microsoft
is a sparse image. Though used in the proprietary Deep Zoom, the dzi format is open and able to be used by anyone. A DZI has two parts: a DZI file (with
Deep_Zoom
Apple II disk operating system
timestamps; and data related to how the file is stored on the volume. Sparse files are supported, but files are never "sparsified" by removing zero-filled
Apple_ProDOS
3D scene and model file format
or WebGL TF) is a standard file format for three-dimensional scenes and models. A glTF file uses one of two possible file extensions: .gltf (JSON/ASCII)
GlTF
Extension for Git version control system
Virtual File System for Git (VFS for Git), developed by Microsoft, is an extension to the Git version control system. VFS for Git is designed to ease the
Virtual_File_System_for_Git
Operating system
disks on a SCSI subsystem (also saving disk blocks using a sparse file implementation in the file system), and provides a trusted backup/save tool. Server
XTS-400
introduced support for dynamic (sparse file) volumes. 4.3 March 19, 2007 Added support for Windows Vista, support for file systems using sector sizes other
TrueCrypt_version_history
Mathematical model of memory
Sparse distributed memory (SDM) is a mathematical model of human long-term memory introduced by Pentti Kanerva in 1988 while he was at NASA Ames Research
Sparse_distributed_memory
Spreadsheet software
much database capability the product actually had was debatable, given the sparse memory left over after launching 1–2–3. It quickly overtook VisiCalc, as
Lotus_1-2-3
File format developed by Apple and used by macOS
module enabling easy DMG file mounting on Linux. It supports UDIF and HFS/HFS+. cloop DiskImageMounter Installer (macOS) Sparse image "hdiutil(1) Mac OS
Apple_Disk_Image
File format and file compression program
bzip2 is a file format and a file compression program. The program uses the Burrows–Wheeler algorithm to compress and decompress a single file using the
Bzip2
Open source filesystem driver
dir_index: htree directory index filetype: extra file mode in dentry large_file: > 4G files supported sparse_super: super block backup in group descriptor
Ext2Fsd
DirectX plugin DirectX Video Acceleration Administrative share Distributed File System My Network Places (formerly Network Neighborhood) Network Access Protection
List of Microsoft Windows components
List_of_Microsoft_Windows_components
Type of data model
model (EAV) is a data model optimized for the space-efficient storage of sparse—or ad-hoc—property or data values, intended for situations where runtime
Entity–attribute–value_model
Computer security software
resized. Not many systems implement this fully and resort to using "sparse files" to achieve this.[citation needed] Encrypted volumes contain "header"
Disk_encryption_software
Type of file format
Parity Volume Set Specification) is an erasure code system that produces par files for checksum verification of data integrity, with the capability to perform
Parchive
alphabetical list of filename extensions contains extensions of notable file formats used by multiple notable applications or services. Contents 0-9 A
List of filename extensions (M–R)
List_of_filename_extensions_(M–R)
— parallel library for sparse matrix computations Librsvg — SVG rendering library libsndfile — reading and writing audio files libsodium — easy-to-use
List_of_C_software_and_tools
switching network. Early international collaborations via the ARPANET were sparse. Connections were made in 1973 to Norway (NORSAR), via a satellite link
History_of_the_Internet
American singer (1958–2009)
that he took estrogen injections to keep his voice high and facial hair sparse, proposed to Elizabeth Taylor and possibly kept a shrine to her, and had
Michael_Jackson
Country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
square kilometre (22 inhabitants/mi2), Russia is one of the world's most sparsely populated countries, with the vast majority of its people concentrated
Russia
Supranational political and economic union
the "blue banana", while Sweden and Finland in the north are much more sparsely populated. The total population of the EU has been slightly decreasing
European_Union
Disk operating system
modification date and time stamps, random access to data within a file, sparse files. The optional support for symbolic links has been added as of SpartaDOS
SpartaDOS_X
library for sparse matrix computations using the Recursive Sparse Blocks (RSB) matrix format. librsb provides cache efficient multi-threaded Sparse BLAS operations
Librsb
Discontinued Unix operating system
in place for execution, taking advantage of the availability of sparse files (files with zero-padded regions) to reduce the disk space occupied by these
RISC_iX
Command in Linux
allows a user to set certain attributes of a file. lsattr is the command that displays the attributes of a file. Most BSD-like systems, including macOS, have
Chattr
2025 operating system version
disc image format, formerly RAW, has been replaced by the new format Apple Sparse Image Format (ASIF), which Apple claims is significantly faster and more
MacOS_Tahoe
War actions of the German military officer
the reputation of the Afrika Korps was preserved by circumstances: The sparsely populated desert areas did not lend themselves to ethnic cleansing; the
Erwin Rommel in the Second World War
Erwin_Rommel_in_the_Second_World_War
Country in Southeast Asia and Oceania
relies heavily on coal-fired generation. Extending the grid is difficult in sparsely populated and island areas, while reliability problems are reported even
Indonesia
The Sparse Matrix Converter is an AC/AC converter which offers a reduced number of components, a low-complexity modulation scheme, and low realization
Sparse_matrix_converter
Shock website (1996–2012)
some countries had begun to restrict internet access. Rotten.com had a sparse layout; no thumbnail images were present next to links, and the links had
Rotten.com
2010 studio album by Drake
a languorous, ambient production that incorporates moody synthesizers, sparse beats, obscured keyboards, minor keys, and subtle arrangements. Thematically
Thank_Me_Later
Province of Canada
economy depends highly on manufacturing. In contrast, Northern Ontario is sparsely populated with cold winters and heavy forestation, with mining and forestry
Ontario
German actor (1926–1991)
San Francisco, in a remote location in the forest. He moves into a small, sparse hut on this property to be closer to his son Nanhoï Nikolai, who lives not
Klaus_Kinski
Unicode character
but not at the start of the file. A BOM is not necessary for detecting UTF-8 encoding.[citation needed] UTF-8 is a sparse encoding: a large fraction of
Byte_order_mark
American actor (born 1945)
with all of us, and we relished the big crowds that replaced the usual sparse number of players' friends and spouses at the national tourney matches."
Tom_Selleck
Mayoral election in Greater Manchester, England
fault evictions'. Laura Evans is critical of Burnham's plans to build on sparser parts of the city-region and the implementation of a Clean Air Zone. Simon
2021 Greater Manchester mayoral election
2021_Greater_Manchester_mayoral_election
American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
short songs thematically drawing on the American West and the Bible. The sparse structure and instrumentation, with lyrics that took the Judeo-Christian
Bob_Dylan
American computer scientist and software engineer
data requirements of Google's products. Bigtable is engineered to store sparsely populated tables that scale to billions of rows and thousands of columns
Jeff_Dean
Human-caused changes to climate on Earth
Carbon Budget. Click "Global Carbon Budget v2025" to download Excel xlsx file. Multiply these carbon entries by 3.664 to arrive at carbon dioxide figures
Climate_change
Species of plant
depression is the leading cause of death from opioid use. Although evidence is sparse, the risk of respiratory depression caused by taking kratom appears to be
Mitragyna_speciosa
Founder of Islam (c. 570–632)
be repeated, virtually nothing of use to the historian emerges from the sparse record of the early life of the founder of the latest of the great world
Muhammad
Large language model developed by Google
Latest version 3 Pro 18 November 2025 Unsupported: Discontinued preview Sparse mixture-of-experts. Outputs up to 64K tokens. 3 Deep Think 3 December 2025
Gemini_(language_model)
2006 film by Mike Judge
reviewer detailed Fox's decision not to screen the film for critics and its sparse theatrical rollout, portraying this handling as a major reason the film
Idiocracy
U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean
resides on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. The other Northern Mariana islands are sparsely inhabited; the most notable among these is Pagan, which has been largely
Northern_Mariana_Islands
American musician (born 1989)
Year. On March 6, 2017, she premiered a new single "Wild Love" featuring a sparse electronic production, marking a slight departure from her previous style
Elle_King
Topics referred to by the same term
parties behind firewalls Hole punching, deallocation of storage space in sparse files, optionally by issuing a TRIM command This disambiguation page lists
Hole_punching
Pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2
levels of 'hybrid immunity' and low case numbers. Due to its remoteness and sparse population, Antarctica was the last continent to have confirmed cases of
COVID-19_pandemic
2021 attack to stop election certification
the west perimeter of the Capitol grounds, which was protected only by a sparse line of police in front of a temporary fence. Other Trump supporters arrived
January 6 United States Capitol attack
January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack
Chinese artificial intelligence company
X.; Wang, Lean (27 February 2025), Native Sparse Attention: Hardware-Aligned and Natively Trainable Sparse Attention, arXiv:2502.11089 "deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V3
DeepSeek
Sixth planet from the Sun
at a distance of 12 million km (7.5 million mi) from the planet is the sparse Phoebe ring. It is tilted at an angle of 27° to the other rings and, like
Saturn
American actor and filmmaker (born 1956)
directed the action-adventure film Apocalypto, his second film to feature sparse dialogue in a non-English language. The next two films he directed were
Mel_Gibson
dense and sparse matrices. Among the capabilities implemented in Gmm++ there is also an interface to the popular direct solver for sparse systems of
GetFEM++
macOS backup software application
storage, Time Machine uses sparse bundles. This acts as an isolation layer, which makes the storage neutral to the actual file system used by the network
Time_Machine_(macOS)
Country in West Asia
date palms, acacia, and eucalyptus trees. In the desert, the flora is very sparse and consists of grasses and thorn bushes. The indigenous fauna had come
United_Arab_Emirates
History of the British Navy from 1837 to 1901
the beginning of the reign of Queen Victoria the official food ration was sparse and sickeningly monotonous, never varying weekly, seasonally, or by climate
Royal Navy during the Victorian Era
Royal_Navy_during_the_Victorian_Era
Genus of snakes
a nomen nudum.[why?] The recent fossil record of Eunectes is relatively sparse compared to other vertebrates and other genera of snakes. The fossil record
Anaconda
Country in Oceania
per square kilometre of total land area, which makes it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. The population is heavily concentrated
Australia
Type of psychological manipulation
In 1977, at a time when published literature on gaslighting was still sparse, Lund and Gardiner published a case report on an elderly woman who was repeatedly
Gaslighting
Burrowing mammal native to Africa
in appearance. Its body is stout with a prominently arched back and is sparsely covered with coarse hairs. The limbs are of moderate length, with the rear
Aardvark
Explosion in the United States
Carmichael, Joshua D.; Blom, Philip (May 19, 2026). "Rapid Analyses of Sparse Seismoacoustic Data Reveals the Timing and Size of the Accurate Energetic
2025 Tennessee manufacturing plant explosion
2025_Tennessee_manufacturing_plant_explosion
Chemical compound found in some species of mushrooms
mescaline and LSD. Information and studies into the DMN and ToMN are relatively sparse and their connections to other psychiatric illnesses and the use of psychedelics
Psilocybin
Species of mammal
quite closely lying and short, while the summer fur is rougher, shorter and sparse. In summer, the fur is sandy-brown on the back and head and a white below
Stoat
feel safe in Lebanon". Reuters. D'Souza, Ajay. "Cristina Siekavizza " Sparsely Sage and Timely". sparselysageandtimely.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017. "Disparus
List of people who disappeared mysteriously (2000–present)
List_of_people_who_disappeared_mysteriously_(2000–present)
Chinese global infrastructure project
trade because, in contrast to the land-based Silk Road leading through the sparsely populated Central Asia, there are on the one hand, far more states on the
Belt_and_Road_Initiative
SPARSE FILE
SPARSE FILE
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sparks.
Male
English
Short form of English unisex Paisley, PAISE means "church."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Speake.
Surname or Lastname
Irish (Kerry)
Irish (Kerry) : Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair, which in turn may be a patronymic from a Gaelicized form of the Old English personal name Saeger (see 2 below).English : patronymic from a Middle English personal name Saher or Seir (see Sayer 1).Americanized form of French Cyr.Richard Sears came to Plymouth, MA, from England about 1630.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Touch
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Spear.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Spear.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for someone who made bags or purses or for an official in charge of expenditure, from Middle English purse (via Old English from Latin bursa).Scottish : variant of Purser.
Female
English
English variant form of French Cerise, SHARISE means "cherry."Â
Surname or Lastname
English (Suffolk)
English (Suffolk) : unexplained.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Gallant
Surname or Lastname
Portuguese
Portuguese : occupational name from soeiro ‘swineherd’, Latin suerius.English : patronymic from a nickname for someone with reddish hair, from Anglo-Norman French sor ‘chestnut (color)’.
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon Welsh
Spares.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a frugal person, from Middle English spare ‘sparing’, ‘frugal’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Spark 1.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic from Spire 1.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Feel; Healthy; Touch
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Pass.French : possibly a nickname from passe ‘sparrow’.
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Iranian, Muslim, Parsi
Pious; Pure; Chaste; Holy
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Norman personal name Serlo, Germanic Sarilo, Serilo. This was probably originally a byname cognate with Old Norse Sorli, and akin to Old English searu ‘armor’, meaning perhaps ‘defender’, ‘protector’.
SPARSE FILE
SPARSE FILE
Girl/Female
Christian, Greek, Hebrew, Indian
Beautiful
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Scene of Green Plants; Kind; Fill Colors in Others Life
Boy/Male
American, Australian, French, German, Greek, Latin, Portuguese, Spanish
Italian Form of Gregory; Watchful; Vigilant; Warrior
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Beautiful; Nice Girl
Boy/Male
Gaelic Irish
Red haired.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Male
Welsh
Welsh name derived from Latin Sextilius, SEISSYLT means "sixth."Â
Boy/Male
Arabic
Whole
Girl/Female
French
Winged.
Girl/Female
Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Fire; Heat; Fourth of 27 Wives of Lord Chandra (Moon); Lotus that Blooms in Moonlight; A Star; Name of Nakshatra; Lord Chandra (Moon)
SPARSE FILE
SPARSE FILE
SPARSE FILE
SPARSE FILE
SPARSE FILE
v. t.
To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
superl.
Thinly scattered; set or planted here and there; not being dense or close together; as, a sparse population.
v. t.
Being over and above what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous; as, I have no spare time.
superl.
Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
adv.
Sparsely; scatteredly; here and there.
superl.
Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.
v. t.
Held in reserve, to be used in an emergency; as, a spare anchor; a spare bed or room.
imp. & p. p.
of Spare
n.
A fine sieve; a searce.
n.
Brilliancy; luster; as, the sparkle of a diamond.
n.
One who spares.
v. t.
Scanty; not abundant or plentiful; as, a spare diet.
v. t.
To sift through a sarse.
v. t.
To inclose in a hearse; to entomb.
n.
The right of bowling again at a full set of pins, after having knocked all the pins down in less than three bowls. If all the pins are knocked down in one bowl it is a double spare; in two bowls, a single spare.
n.
One who parses.
v. t.
To sprinkle; to moisten by sprinkling; as, to sparge paper.
adv.
In a scattered or sparse manner.
imp. & p. p.
of Parse
n.
To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.