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| − | A '''computer file''' is a resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage. | + | A '''computer file''' is a resource for storing [[information]], which is available to a [[computer program]] and is usually based on some kind of [[durable storage]]. |
== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A file is "durable" in the sense that it remains available for other programs to use after the program that created it has finished executing. | + | A file is "durable" in the sense that it remains available for other programs to use after the program that created it has finished [[executing]]. |
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| + | == History == | ||
Computer files can be considered as the modern counterpart of paper documents which traditionally are kept in office and library files, and this is the source of the term. | Computer files can be considered as the modern counterpart of paper documents which traditionally are kept in office and library files, and this is the source of the term. | ||
Revision as of 10:13, 31 August 2015
A computer file is a resource for storing information, which is available to a computer program and is usually based on some kind of durable storage.
Contents
Description
A file is "durable" in the sense that it remains available for other programs to use after the program that created it has finished executing.
History
Computer files can be considered as the modern counterpart of paper documents which traditionally are kept in office and library files, and this is the source of the term.
See also
External links
- Computer file @ Wikipedia
