Editing Data file

== Definitions ==

A '''data file''' is 

{{Quote|a [[data collection|collection]] of [[information]] logically grouped into a single entity and referenced by a unique name, such as a [[filename]].<ref>[[NIST Special Publication 800-86]], at 4-3.</ref>}}

{{Quote|an organized [[data collection|collection of data]], usually arranged in [[logical record]]s that are [[stored]] together and treated as a unit by a [[computer]].<ref>[[EPA]], Vocabulary Catalog List Detail - Records Glossary ([http://ofmpub.epa.gov/sor_internet/registry/termreg/searchandretrieve/glossariesandkeywordlists/search.do?details=&glossaryName=Records%20Glossary full-text]).</ref>}}

{{Quote|related [[numeric]], [[text]]ual, or [[graphic]] [[information]] that is organized in a strictly prescribed form and [[format]].<ref>''Id.''</ref>}}

== Overview ==

It generally does not refer to [[file]]s that contain [[instruction]]s or [[code]] to be [[execute]]d (typically called [[program file]]s), or to [[file]]s which define the operation or structure of an [[application]] or [[Computer system|system]] (which include [[configuration file]]s, [[directory file]]s, etc.); but specifically to [[information]] used as [[input]], and/or written as [[output]] by some other [[software program]]. This is especially helpful when [[debug]]ging a [[program]].

== References ==
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