File
Definition of File
Pronunciation: fīl n. | 1. | An orderly succession; a line; a row | | 2. | An orderly collection of papers, arranged in sequence or classified for preservation and reference; as, files of letters or of newspapers; this mail brings English files to the 15th instant. | | 2. | Course of thought; thread of narration. | | 3. | A roll or list. | | 3. | (computers) a collection of data on a digital recording medium treated as a unit for the purpose of recording, reading, storage, or indexing; - such a file is typically accessible by computer programs by the use of a file name. The data may be of any type codable digitally, such as simple ASCII-coded text, complex binary-coded data, or an executable program, or may be itself a collection of other files. | v. t. | 1. | To set in order; to arrange, or lay away, esp. as papers in a methodical manner for preservation and reverence; to place on file; to insert in its proper place in an arranged body of papers. | | 2. | To bring before a court or legislative body by presenting proper papers in a regular way; as, to file a petition or bill. | | 3. | (Law) To put upon the files or among the records of a court; to note on (a paper) the fact date of its reception in court. | v. i. | 1. | (Mil.) To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; - generally with off. | n. | 1. | A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. | | 2. | Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. | | 3. | A shrewd or artful person. | v. t. | 1. | To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth. | | 2. | To smooth or polish as with a file. | | 1. | To make foul; to defile. |
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