File or filing may refer to:
Mechanical tools and processes
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File (tool)
A file is a tool used to remove fine amounts of material from a workpiece. It is common in woodworking, metalworking, and other similar trade and hobby tasks. Most are hand tools, made of a case hardened steel bar of rectangular, square, ...
, a tool used to ''remove'' fine amounts of material from a workpiece
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Filing (metalworking) Filing is a material removal process in manufacturing. Similar, depending on use, to both sawing and grinding in effect, it is functionally versatile, but used mostly for finishing operations, namely in deburring operations. Filing operations can be ...
, a material removal process in manufacturing
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Nail file
A nail file is a tool used to gently grind down and shape the edges of nails. They are often used in manicures and pedicures after the nail has been trimmed using appropriate nail clippers. Nail files may either be emery boards, ceramic, glass, ...
, 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 written, drawn, presented, or memorialized representation of thought, often the manifestation of non-fictional, as well as fictional, content. The word originates from the Latin ''Documentum'', which denotes a "teaching" or ...
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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 ...
, 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 trans ...
, 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 s