computer file

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   (computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form

   Broaderfile

   Narrowerbackup filebinary filemaster filedisk filetransaction fileinput fileoutput fileread-only filetext file

   computer science

Questions about computer file

What does computer file mean?

computer file means "(computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form".

Is computer file a common word?

computer file is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.