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), 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
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documents
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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
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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 lar ...
, 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 file folder (or simply folder) is a kind of folder that holds papers and money together for organization and protection. File folders usually consist of a sheet of heavy paper stock or other thin, but stiff, material which is folded in hal ...
, a folder for holding loose papers
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Filing cabinet
A filing cabinet (or sometimes file cabinet in American English) is a piece of office furniture for storing paper documents in file folders. In the most simple context, it is an enclosure for drawers in which items are stored. The two most co ...
or file cabinet
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