a folder, box, etc, used to keep documents or other items in order
2.
the documents, etc, kept in this way
3.
documents or information about a specific subject, person, etc
we have a file on every known thief
4.
an orderly line or row
5.
a line of people in marching formation, one behind another
Compare rank1 (sense 6)
6.
any of the eight vertical rows of squares on a chessboard
7. computing
a named collection of information, in the form of text, programs, graphics, etc, held on a permanent storage device such as a magnetic disk
8. obsolete
a list or catalogue
9. Canadian
a group of problems or responsibilities, esp in government, associated with a particular topic
the environment file
10. on file
verb
11.
to place (a document, letter, etc) in a file
12. (transitive)
to put on record, esp to place (a legal document) on public or official record; register
13. (transitive)
to bring (a suit, esp a divorce suit) in a court of law
14. (transitive)
to submit (copy) to a newspaper or news agency
15. (intransitive)
to march or walk in a file or files
the ants filed down the hill
Derived forms
filer (ˈfiler)
noun
Word origin
C16 (in the sense: string on which documents are hung): from Old French filer, from Medieval Latin fīlāre; see filament
data set in American English
noun Computing
1.
a collection of data records for computer processing
2.
modem
Word origin
[1970–75]This word is first recorded in the period 1970–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Heimlich maneuver, New Age, postmodernism, relational database, urban legend
Examples of 'data set' in a sentence
data set
The data set, despite its age, remains one of the best resources.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The result is a very messy data set.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He has his favourite nuggets that have already been uncovered by looking at all the connections within this data set.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The larger the data set the greater the risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
One question asked for the range in the following data set: 12, 6, 8, 12, 5, 27, 9 and 16.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
A professional human lip-reader given 200 clips from the same data set got just 12.4% right.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It also makes it imperative to reduce paperwork by getting quangos to agree a single data set rather than overwhelm staff with multiple requests.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
And to do that they studied a truly impressive data set.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The first step was to select the most important element of midfield play and one that provides a large, analysable data set.