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FILE NAME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(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 file
Synonyms:
computer file name; computer filename; file name; filename
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("file name" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
Meronyms (parts of "file name"):
extension; file name extension; filename 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)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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