file

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: file

1	v	record in a public office or in a court of law
2	n v	a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal smooth with a file
3	n v	a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together place in a container for keeping records
4	v n	proceed in line a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: file

“file for divorce”

“file a complaint”

Type of:: register
record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions

Types:: impeach
charge (a public official) with an offense or misdemeanor committed while in office

Type of:: accuse, criminate, impeach, incriminate
bring an accusation against; level a charge against

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; blunt file
a file with parallel edges; flat file
a file with two flat surfaces; nailfile
a small flat file for shaping the nails; rasp, wood file
a coarse file with sharp pointed projections; rat-tail file
a thin round file shaped like the tail of a rat; round file
a file with a circular cross section; used to file the inside of holes; taper file
a file with converging edges

“file one's fingernails”

Examples:: Combined DNA Index System
the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; computer file
(computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form; mug book, mug file
a file of mug shots (pictures of criminals that are kept on file by the police); tickler, tickler file
a file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done; backup file
(computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups; binary file
(computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application; characters use all 8 bits of each byte; main file, master file
(computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent; disk file
(computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label; detail file, transaction file
(computer science) a computer file containing relatively transient data about a particular data processing task; input data, input file
(computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program; output file
(computer science) a computer file that contains data that are the output of a device or program; read-only file
(computer science) a file that you can read but cannot change; document, text file
(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters

Type of:: record
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

Types:: card catalog, card catalogue, card index
an alphabetical listing of items (e.g., books in a library) with a separate card for each item; vertical file
a file in which records are stored upright on one edge; Rolodex
(trademark) a desktop rotary card index with removable cards; usually used for names, addresses, and telephone numbers

“File these bills, please”

Type of:: enter, put down, record
make a record of; set down in permanent form

“The students filed into the classroom”

Types:: snake dance
a group advancing in a single-file serpentine path; column
a line of units following one after another

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