Partition versus File System question

[Madison Kelly]

FAT (and it's variants), specifically.

What exactly is the difference between say the 'FAT16 Initial' partition 
identified as '04h' and the file system by the same name? Is the same 
piece of software responsible for both roles?

Ditto question with 'FAT16 Extended' (05h), 'FAT16 Final' (06h) and so on.

Thanks, yet again!

Madi (the ever-questioning one)
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