Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word FILE

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Definitions of FILE

1. A collection of papers collated and archived together.
2. A roll or list.
3. Course of thought; thread of narration.
4. A hand tool consisting of a handle to which a block of coarse metal is attached, and used for removing sharp edges or for cutting, especially through metal.
5. To corrupt.
6. A row of modular kitchen units and a countertop, consisting of cabinets and appliances below (dishwasher) and next to (stove/cooker) a countertop.
7. A column of people one behind another, whether "single file" or in a grid pattern.
8. (computing) An aggregation of data on a storage device, identified by a name.
9. (computing) The primary item on the menu bar, containing commands such as open, save, print, etc.
10. (transitive) To commit (official papers) to some office.
11. (transitive) To submit (a story) to a newspaper or similar publication.
12. (transitive) To place in an archive in a logical place and order.
13. (transitive) To store a file (aggregation of data) on a storage medium such as a disc or another computer.
14. (intransitive, with for, chieflylegal) To submit a formal request to some office.
15. (transitive, obsolete) To set in order; to arrange, or lay away.
16. (military) A small detachment of soldiers.
17. (chess) one of the eight vertical lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a letter).
18. (intransitive) To move in a file.
19. (slang, archaic) A cunning or resourceful person.
20. (transitive) To smooth, grind, or cut with a file.
21. (archaic) To defile.
22. A surname.
23. (North America) Clipping of file cabinet.

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Examples of Using FILE in a Sentence

• He is the author of and a contributor to the Samba file server, and co-inventor of the rsync algorithm.
• The bit layout of the audio data (excluding metadata) is called the audio coding format and can be uncompressed, or compressed to reduce the file size, often using lossy compression.
• AutoCAD DXF (Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format) is a CAD data file format developed by Autodesk for enabling data interoperability between AutoCAD on different platforms.
• A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage.
• Bearshare was launched on December 4, 2000, as a Gnutella-based peer-to-peer file sharing application with innovative features that eventually grew to include IRC, a free library of software and media called BearShare Featured Artists, online help pages and a support forum integrated as dedicated web browser windows in the application; as well as a media player and a library window to organize the user's media collection.
• Unlike other self-balancing binary search trees, the B-tree is well suited for storage systems that read and write relatively large blocks of data, such as databases and file systems.
• Multiple models can be defined in a scene file containing objects in a strictly defined language or data structure.
• In computing, a computer file is a resource for recording data on a computer storage device, primarily identified by its filename.
• CuteFTP is used to transfer files between computers and File Transfer Protocol (FTP) servers to publish web pages, download digital images, music, multi-media files and software, and transfer files of any size or type between home and office.
• A disk operating system provides a file system for organizing, reading, and writing files on the storage disk, and a means for loading and running programs stored on that disk.
• A document type definition (DTD) is a specification file that contains set of markup declarations that define a document type for an SGML-family markup language (GML, SGML, XML, HTML).
• In computing, the Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executable files, object code, shared libraries, and core dumps.
• A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to manage files and folders.
• A file viewer is a utility application software on operating systems, such as Linux, macOS, or Windows.
• The law includes a qui tam provision that allows people who are not affiliated with the government, called "relators" under the law, to file actions on behalf of the government.
• It can also represent multiple images in a file, which can be used for animations, and allows a separate palette of up to 256 colors for each frame.
• In the description of protein structure, in particular in the Protein Data Bank file format, a heteroatom record (HETATM) describes an atom as belonging to a small molecule cofactor rather than being part of a biopolymer chain.
• IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing.
• The file system is an international standard available from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
• Kazaa Media Desktop was commonly used to exchange MP3 music files and other file types, such as videos, applications, and documents over the Internet.
• Kermit is a computer file transfer and management protocol and a set of communications software tools primarily used in the early years of personal computing in the 1980s.
• A kill file (also killfile, bozo bin or twit list) is a file used by some Usenet reading programs to discard articles matching some unwanted patterns of subject, author, or other header lines.
• Konqueror is a free and open-source web browser and file manager that provides web access and file-viewer functionality for file systems (such as local files, files on a remote FTP server and files in a disk image).
• Calligra uses the OpenDocument format as its default file format for most applications and can import other formats, such as Microsoft Office formats.
• In computing, a linker or link editor is a computer system program that takes one or more object files (generated by a compiler or an assembler) and combines them into a single executable file, library file, or another "object" file.

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