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authority file
noun
, Library Science.
- a file, either on cards or in machine-readable format, in which decisions involving bibliographic records, particularly for form of entry, are recorded to establish a precedent or rule for subsequent decisions and to provide for consistency of entries.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of authority file1
First recorded in 1975–80
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