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  1. noun A container, such as a cabinet or folder, for keeping papers in order.
  2. noun A collection of papers or published materials kept or arranged in convenient order.
  3. noun Computer Science A collection of related data or program records stored as a unit with a single name.
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  • If the file is a multichannel wav file, aften will see and encode by default to multichannel ac3. bash-3. 1$ aften - h —  VideoHelp.com Forum
  • Select your file, decide what size you want it to be (small for a faster download, medium, or large for better quality), and the file is automatically attached to your outgoing email. —  GigaOM Network
  • Recently we downloaded a archive which contained a. daa file, this file is actually a CD / DVD image file also known as Direct Access Archive. —  Techie Buzz
  • If the file is an image file u would need programs like Nero or DVD Decrypter or imgburn to put it on a disc. —  AfterDawn.com
  • This file is the abstracts or text of 26 articles with references to the —  The Book Of THoTH, Popular Articles from The Archive Category - Philosophers - Plato
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  1. From Middle English filen, to put documents on file, from Old French filer, to spin thread, to put documents on a thread, from Late Latin fīlāre, to spin, draw out in a long line, from Latin fīlum, thread; see gwhī- in Indo-European roots.
  2. Middle English, from Old English fīl; see peig- in Indo-European roots.
  3. Middle English filen, from Old English fȳlan; see pū̆- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English file, fyle, from Anglo-Saxon feól, earliest form fill (8th cent. gloss) (contr. of orig. *fīhal) = Dutch vijl = Low German file = Old High German fīhala and contr. fīla, Middle High German vīle, German feile = Swedish Danish fil = Icelandic thēl, modern thjöl (th for f) = Old Bulgarian Servian Bohemian Polish Russian pila = Lithuanian pela, a file; prob. ult. from the root seen in L. pingere, past participle pictus, adorn with needle or pencil, paint, picture, = Sanskrit √ piç, adorn, form: see paint, picture.
  2. from Middle English filen = Dutch vijlen = LG, filen = Old High German fīlōn, MHg. vilen, German feilen = Swedish fila = Danish file = Icelandic thēla, file; from the noun.
  3. from Middle English filen, fylen, from Anglo-Saxon ā-fy¯lan, ge-fy¯lan, be-fy¯lan, make foul, foul, befoul, defile (= Old High German fūlan); cf. Anglo-Saxon fūlian, ā-fūlian, intransitive, become foul, from fūl, foul. Cf. befoul, defoul. defile, and see foul.
  4. from Old French and F. file, feminine, a file, rank, row, fil, masculine, a thread, string, wire, edge, etc., = Provencal Portuguese Italian fila, feminine, = Spanish fila and hila, feminine, a row, line; Spanish filo and hilo, masculine, = Portuguese Italian filo, masculine, thread, string, wire, etc.; from Latin filum, neuter, a thread, string, cord, filament, Middle Latin fila, feminine, a string or series.
  5. = French filer, file off; from the noun.
  6. from Middle English file, fyle, a variant of vile: see vile. As a noun, Middle English file, a wretch, a villain, a vague term of abuse. Cf. Old Dutch fiel, fielt, a vile, worthless, cowardly, lazy, ragged fellow. In sense 3 file seems to be popularly associated with file, as if it meant a ‘hard’ or ‘hard-headed’ person, a ‘hard case.’ Slang terms are unstable in meaning.
 

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