Look up file, files, or filing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. File or filing may refer to: File (tool), a tool used to remove fine amounts of material...

a file association associates a file with an application capable of opening that file. More commonly, a file association associates a class of files (usually...

colloquially pronounced /ˌpiːɛnˈdʒiː/ PEE-en-JEE) is a raster-graphics file format that supports lossless data compression. PNG was developed as an improved...

file management Data hierarchy File camouflage File copying File conversion File deletion File directory File manager File system Filename Flat-file database...

In computing, a file system or filesystem (often abbreviated to FS or fs) governs file organization and access. A local file system is a capability of...

In computing, file virtualization is a field of storage virtualization operating on computer file level. It involves uniting multiple storage devices...

The X-Files is an American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The original series aired from September 10, 1993 to May 19...

The BMP file format, or bitmap, is a raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images, independently of the display device (such...

In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed...

Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting...

computer operating systems, a file descriptor (FD, less frequently fildes) is a process-unique identifier (handle) for a file or other input/output resource...

A file signature is data used to identify or verify the content of a file. Such signatures are also known as magic numbers or magic bytes and are usually...

File carving is the process of reassembling computer files from fragments in the absence of filesystem metadata. All filesystems contain some metadata...

The Jargon File is a glossary and usage dictionary of slang used by computer programmers. The original Jargon File was a collection of terms from technical...

A batch file is a script file in DOS, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows. It consists of a series of commands to be executed by the command-line interpreter,...

display the results. Some widely used file comparison programs are diff, cmp, FileMerge, WinMerge, Beyond Compare, and File Compare. Because understanding changes...

A file manager or file browser is a computer program that provides a user interface to manage files and folders. The most common operations performed...

File locking is a mechanism that restricts access to a computer file, or to a region of a file, by allowing only one user or process to modify or delete...

A file format is a standard way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. It specifies how bits are used to encode information in a digital...

computer science, a sparse file is a type of computer file that attempts to use file system space more efficiently when the file itself is partially empty...

"Everything is a file" is an approach to interface design in Unix derivatives. While this turn of phrase does not as such figure as a Unix design principle...

File size is a measure of how much data a computer file contains or how much storage space it is allocated. Typically, file size is expressed in units...

A text file (sometimes spelled textfile; an old alternative name is flat file) is a kind of computer file that is structured as a sequence of lines of...

File Explorer, previously known as Windows Explorer, is a file manager application and default desktop environment that is included with releases of the...

binary file is a computer file that is not a text file. The term "binary file" is often used as a term meaning "non-text file". Many binary file formats...

Hex file, hex file format or hex record may refer to: Intel hex format, a hex file format by Intel since 1973 Digital Research hex format, a hex file format...

File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audio, images and video), documents...

The Android Package with the file extension apk is the file format used by the Android operating system and a number of other Android-based operating systems...

PC-File was a flat-file database computer application most often run under MS-DOS. It was one of the first of three widely popular software products sold...

A configuration file, a.k.a. config file, is a file that stores data used to configure a software system such as an application, a server or an operating...