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