file name

file·name

also file name F0118150 (fīl′nām′)n. A name given to a computer file to distinguish it from other files, often containing an extension that classifies it by type.

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Noun

file name - (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of filecomputer file name, computer filename, filenamecomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresname - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing"file name extension, filename extension, extension - a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"

file name

[′fīl ‚nām] (computer science) The name given by the programmer to a specific set of data.

file name

Every independent collection of data on a disk is a "file," such as a word procesing document, spreadsheet, database, image or video. An executable program, program shortcut and an icon are also files. Any file created by the user is named by the user, while files generated by the application are named by the developer of the program.

The first part of the file name is arbitrary, while the second part, which is attached to the first part with a period, is a suffix called an "extension," and it denotes the type of file. For example, when an image is saved in the JPEG format, the user-created name suits the content, such as BIGFISH.JPG or FAMILY_HIKING.JPG, while the application assigns the .JPG suffix. See file, extension and Win file names.

The file names that make up the Windows version of this encyclopedia are named as follows:

NAME andEXTENSION PURPOSE CDEweb.exe Executable program CDE.INI User preferences CDE.ABC Main index + configuration CDE.NDX Entry index CDE.PAR Paragraph index CDE.TXT Text

file name

Related to file name: filename extension

noun

Synonyms for file name

noun (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files

Synonyms

computer file name
computer filename
filename

Related Words

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file name extension
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