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file·name

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–noun

an identifying name given to an electronically stored computer file, conforming to limitations imposed by the operating system, as in length or restricted choice of characters.

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file·name also file name Audio Help (fīl'nām') Pronunciation Key
n. A name given to a computer file to distinguish it from other files, often containing an extension that classifies it by type.

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filename
noun
(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file

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ˈfilename noun

the name that someone gives to a computer file

Arabic:	إسم المَلَف
Chinese (Simplified):	文件名
Chinese (Traditional):	文件名
Czech:	jméno souboru
Danish:	filnavn
Estonian:	faili nimi
French:	nom du fichier
Greek:	όνομα αρχείου Η, Υ
Hungarian:	állománynév
Indonesian:	nama file
Italian:	nome di file
Korean:	?컴퓨터? 파일 이름

Latvian:	datnes vārds
Lithuanian:	rinkmenos, failo pavadinimas
Norwegian:	filnavn
Polish:	nazwa pliku
Portuguese (Brazil):	nome de arquivo
Russian:	имя файла
Slovak:	názov počítačového súboru
Slovenian:	ime datoteke
Spanish:	nombre de fichero
Swedish:	filnamn
Turkish:	dosya adı

See also: filing cabinet, file

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filename Audio Help (fīl'nām') Pronunciation Key
A name given to a computer file to distinguish it from other computer files. Filenames often contain an extension that classifies the file by type.

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