File or filing may refer to:
Mechanical tools and processes
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File (tool), a tool used to ''remove'' fine amounts of material from a workpiece
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Filing (metalworking), a material removal process in manufacturing
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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 ...
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Filing (legal)
In law, filing is the delivery of a document to the clerk of a court and the acceptance of the document by the clerk for placement into the official record. If a document is delivered to the clerk and is temporarily placed or deposited with the co ...
, submitting a document to the clerk of a court
Computing
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Computer file
A computer file is a computer resource for recording data in a computer storage device, primarily identified by its file name. Just as words can be written to paper, so can data be written to a computer file. Files can be shared with and transfe ...
, a resource for storing information
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file URI scheme
The file URI Scheme is a URI scheme defined in , typically used to retrieve files from within one's own computer.
Previously the file URI scheme was specified in and . The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) published RFC 8089, updating the ...
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(command), a Unix program for determining the type of data contained in a computer file
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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
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Files by Google, an Android app
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Files (Apple), an Apple app
Other uses
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File (formation), a single column of troops one in front of the other
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File (chess), a column of the chessboard
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Filé powder, a culinary ingredient used in Cajun and Creole cooking
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Filé (band), a Cajun musical ensemble from Louisiana, U.S
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Filè, a class of Irish poets
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Electronic Language International Festival, an art and technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil
See also
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Jake Files (born 1972), a member of the Arkansas State Senate
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File folder, a folder for holding loose papers
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Filing cabinet or file cabinet
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