title: Extent
text: # Extent
  
  Extent may refer to:
  
  ## Computing
  
  * Extent (file systems), a contiguous region of computer storage medium reserved for a file
  * Extent File System, a discontinued file system implementation named after the contiguous region
  * Extent, a chunk of storage space logical volume management uses internally to provide various device mappings
  * Extent, in computer programming, is the period during which a variable has a particular value
  
  ## Other
  
  * Extent, a technical description of the wingspan of a bird, bat, or other flying animal
  * Extent, a writ allowing a creditor to seize or assume temporary ownership of a debtor's property; also, the actual seizure in its execution
  * Map extent, the portion of a region shown in a map
  