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file1 / fīl/ • n. a folder or box for holding loose papers that are typically arranged in a particular order for easy reference: a file of correspondence. ∎ the contents of such a folder or box. ∎ Comput. a collection of data, programs, etc., stored in a computer's memory or on a storage device under a single identifying name: do you want to save this file? • v. [tr.] place (a document) in a cabinet, box, or folder in a particular order for preservation and easy reference: fig. he still had the moment filed away in his memory. ∎ submit (a legal document, application, or charge) to be placed on record by the appropriate authority: criminal charges were filed against the firm [intr.] the company had filed for bankruptcy. ∎ (of a reporter) send (a story) to a newspaper or news organization. PHRASES: on file in a file or filing system. file2 • n. a line of people or things one behind another: Plains Cree warriors riding in file down the slopes. ∎ Mil. a small detachment of men: a file of English soldiers had ridden out from Perth. • v. [intr.] (of a group of people) walk one behind the other, typically in an orderly and solemn manner: the mourners filed into the church. file3 • n. a tool with a roughened surface used for smoothing or shaping a hard material: it is possible to make the necessary notch with a file. • v. [tr.] smooth or shape (something) with such a tool: when I have nothing else to do, I file my nails. ∎ (file something away/off) remove something by grinding it off with a file: the engine numbers were filed away. |
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"file." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "file." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-file.html "file." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-file.html |
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FILEA record of the court. A paper is said to be filed when it is delivered to the proper officer to be kept on file as a matter of record and reference. But in general the terms file and the files are used loosely to denote the official custody of the court or the place in the offices of a court where the records and papers are kept. The file in a case includes the original complaint and all pleadings and papers belonging thereto. A clerk files a document by endorsing it on the date it is received and retaining it in his or her office for inspection by the parties that it might concern. |
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"File." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "File." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701822.html "File." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437701822.html |
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file A collection of information, referred to by file name; for example, a user-created document, program data, or the program itself. With a program, the information is held on backing store (i.e. usually on magnetic disk or magnetic tape) in order (a) to enable it to persist beyond the time of execution of a single job and/or (b) to overcome space limitations in main memory. Files with a very brief existence (i.e. in case (b) above, or where they simply carry information between one job and the next in sequence) are called work files. See also master file, data file.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "file." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "file." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-file.html JOHN DAINTITH. "file." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-file.html |
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A. string or wire on which papers are strung XVI; collection of papers so preserved or arranged in order XVII. B. line of men, etc., one behind another XVI. — (O)F. fil :- L. fīlum thread. Hence file vb.2 place on or in a file XV; †place (men) in a file XVI; move in file XVII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "file." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "file." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-file1.html T. F. HOAD. "file." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-file1.html |
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Filea collection of papers arranged in order; a line, queue, or row of people; animals or things standing or placed one behind each other; a small number of soldiers. Examples: file of letters, 1666; of slanderous lies, 1581; of newspapers, 1806; of papers, 1525; of soldiers [two deep], 1598. |
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"File." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "File." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300655.html "File." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300655.html |
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file A collection of BYTES held on a mass storage device. The collection might be data, a GRAPHIC IMAGE, a VIDEO CLIP, an AUDIO CLIP, the source code of a program, or the binary code of a program, etc. Data stored in files is much slower to access than data stored in a computer's main memory.
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DARREL INCE. "file." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DARREL INCE. "file." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-file.html DARREL INCE. "file." A Dictionary of the Internet. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O12-file.html |
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file n.
1. a line of people or things one behind another: Plains Cree warriors riding in file down the slopes. 2. a small detachment of men: a file of English soldiers had ridden out from Perth. v. (of a group of people) walk one behind the other, typically in an orderly and solemn manner. |
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"file." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "file." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-file.html "file." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-file.html |
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file1 metal instrument for abrading surfaces. OE. fīl = OS. fīla (Du. vijl), OHG. fī(ha)la (G. feile) :- WGmc. *fīχala, f. IE. *peik- cut, repr. also by OSl. pĭsati write, Gr. pikrós sharp, bitter.
Hence file vb.1 smooth with a file. XIII. |
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T. F. HOAD. "file." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "file." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-file.html T. F. HOAD. "file." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-file.html |
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•aisle, Argyle, awhile, beguile, bile, Carlisle, Carlyle, compile, De Stijl, ensile, file, guile, I'll, interfile, isle, Kabyle, kyle, lisle, Lyle, Mikhail, mile, Nile, pile, rank-and-file, resile, rile, Ryle, Sieg Heil, smile, spile, stile, style, tile, vile, Weil, while, wile, worthwhile
•labile, stabile
•immobile, mobile
•nubile • aedile • crocodile • cinephile
•profile • audiophile • bibliophile
•Francophile • Anglophile
•technophile • necrophile
•Russophile
•paedophile (US pedophile)
•agile, fragile
•chamomile
•penile, senile
•juvenile • stockpile • isopropyl
•woodpile • sterile • febrile • virile
•puerile • facile • decile • flexile
•extensile, prehensile, tensile
•fissile, missile
•domicile • docile • reconcile
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"file." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "file." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-file.html "file." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-file.html |
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