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COMPUTER FILE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("computer file" is a kind of...):
data file; file (a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer file"):
backup file ((computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups)
binary file ((computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 bits of each byte)
main file; master file ((computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent)
disk file ((computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label)
detail file; transaction file ((computer science) a computer file containing relatively transient data about a particular data processing task)
input data; input file ((computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program)
output file ((computer science) a computer file that contains data that are the output of a device or program)
read-only file ((computer science) a file that you can read but cannot change)
document; text file ((computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters)
