File or filing may refer to:

Mechanical tools and processes

* File (tool), a tool used to ''remove'' fine amounts of material from a workpiece ** Filing (metalworking), a material removal process in manufacturing ** Nail file, a tool used to gently abrade away and shape the edges of fingernails and toenails

Documents

* An arranged collection of

documents A document is a writing, written, drawing, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of nonfiction, non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin ''Documentum'', w ...

* Filing (legal), submitting a document to the clerk of a court

Computing

* Computer file, a resource for storing information ** file URI scheme ** (command), a Unix program for determining the type of data contained in a computer file *

File system In computing, file system or filesystem (often abbreviated to fs) is a method and data structure that the operating system uses to control how data is stored and retrieved. Without a file system, data placed in a storage medium would be one larg ...

, a method of storing and organizing computer files and their data * Files by Google, an Android app * Files (Apple), an Apple app

Other uses

* File (formation), a single column of troops one in front of the other * File (chess), a column of the chessboard * Filé powder, a culinary ingredient used in Cajun and Creole cooking * Filé (band), a Cajun musical ensemble from Louisiana, U.S * Filè, a class of Irish poets * Electronic Language International Festival, an art and technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil

Mechanical tools and processes

Documents

Computing

Other uses

See also