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A collection of bytes stored as an individual entity. All data on disk are stored as a file with an assigned file name that is unique within the folder (directory) it resides in.
To the computer, a file is nothing more than a string of bytes. The structure of a file is known to the software that manipulates it. For example, database files are made up of a series of records (one per customer, vendor, transaction, etc.). Word processing files contain a continuous flow of text interspersed with format codes (tags).
Except for ASCII text files, which contain only raw text, other files have proprietary structures. Formatting and other types of information are contained in headers or interspersed throughout the file. Following are the major file types. See file association, ASCII file, file system and files vs. folders.
File Type Contents
data file (table) records
document text & format codes
spreadsheet rows & columns of cells
image rows & columns of pixels
drawing list of vectors
audio digitized sound waves
MIDI MIDI instructions
video digital video frames
Web page text, HTML & JavaScript
batch file text
source program text
executable
program machine language (binary)
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Entries before file
FIFO
FIFO queuing
fifth-generation computer
FIGS
Fiji
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Entries after file
file access
File-AID
file allocation unit
file and printer sharing
file and record locking
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