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  • noun A computer file which stores data for use by a computer application or system.

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  • My friends Matt Alt and Robert Duban put together this 'datafile' on Ark back in early 2000 when they and Tim Brisko, Alen Yen and I (and a few others) were non-stop documenting old japanese robot toys on toyboxdx. com: Link.

    Boing Boing: July 10, 2005 - July 16, 2005 Archives 2005

  • I could hear the hum and whisper of her internal headphones and I could see the reverse image of the datafile spooling down the inside of her glasses.

    365 tomorrows » 2007 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007

  • Please keep in mind these maps still need to use the Garmin Mapsource software, you just recieve the datafile to load into the garmin software.

    GPS Mapping software 2006

  • Please keep in mind these maps still need to use the Garmin Mapsource software, you just recieve the datafile to load into the garmin software.

    GPS Mapping software 2006

  • Please keep in mind these maps still need to use the Garmin Mapsource software, you just recieve the datafile to load into the garmin software.

    GPS Mapping software 2006

  • Please keep in mind these maps still need to use the Garmin Mapsource software, you just recieve the datafile to load into the garmin software.

    GPS Mapping software 2006

  • Please keep in mind these maps still need to use the Garmin Mapsource software, you just recieve the datafile to load into the garmin software.

    GPS Mapping software 2006

  • Please keep in mind these maps still need to use the Garmin Mapsource software, you just recieve the datafile to load into the garmin software.

    GPS Mapping software 2006

  • Please keep in mind these maps still need to use the Garmin Mapsource software, you just recieve the datafile to load into the garmin software.

    GPS Mapping software 2006

  • Please keep in mind these maps still need to use the Garmin Mapsource software, you just recieve the datafile to load into the garmin software.

    GPS Mapping software 2006

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