(messaging)(General file) A mid 1980s term for text files,usually short and unpublished found on BBSs. The g-filessection on BBSs contain text files of general interest,viewable on-line; this is as opposed to files in the filetransfer section, which are generally downloadable but notviewable on-line.
When used on the Internet, this term generally refers to thetypes of file most often associated with old BBSs such asinstructions on phreaking or making bombs.