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metafile
metafile n.
Brit. 
/ˈmɛtəfʌɪl/
, /ˈmɛtəfʌɪl/U.S. /ˈmɛdəˌfaɪl/
a device-independent file format that encodes graphical data so as to allow it to be transported to and displayed on different machines or systems; a file created in such a format./ˈmɛdəˌfaɪl/ΚΠ
1979 Computer Graphics Q. Aug. iv. 1 A need exists for a standard definition of a device-independent intermediate display file. Such a file (often referred to as a metafile, pseudo display file, or device-independent plot-file) could..be used to transfer ‘pictures’ between two computing sites.
1992 Sun World May 84/2 Screens can be saved in an ASCII metafile format so that finished screens can be run on any major UNIX or VMS workstation.
1993 Macworld Dec. 113/3 When I transferred a Windows Word file with an embedded EPS file, the EPS file was replaced with a PICT preview (a translation of the Windows metafile preview for the embedded EPS file).
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