file
- n a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
- n a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
- n office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
- n a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
- v record in a public office or in a court of law
file for divorce
file a complaint - v smooth with a file
file one's fingernails - v proceed in line
The students filed into the classroom - v file a formal charge against
- v place in a container for keeping records
file allocation table
- n the part of a floppy disk or hard disk where information is stored about the location of each piece of information on the disk (and about the location of unusable areas of the disk)
file cabinet
- n office furniture consisting of a container for keeping papers in order
file clerk
- n a clerk who is employed to maintain the files of an organization
file name
- n (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file
file name extension
- n a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
file server
- n (computer science) a digital computer that provides workstations on a network with controlled access to shared resources