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* [[Electronic File Formats]]
 
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [[Wikipedia: Computer file]]
 
* [[Wikipedia: Computer file]]

Latest revision as of 16:38, 8 July 2017

File Format
Name File
Ontology
For the command-line utility, see File command.

A file (meaning a computer file) is an encapsulated, persistent record of discrete (digital) data.

Nowadays, a file is typically in the form of a single stream of 8-bit byte values, where there can be any whole number of bytes. It has at least a filename associated with it, and usually other metadata, such as a last-modified timestamp. As obvious as this structure may seem to modern day computer users, many other structures, both less-flexible and more-flexible, have been used.

Files are usually managed by a filesystem.

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