Definition
A file is
| “ | a storage place for data . . . it’s like a manila folder that contains all the data on a particular subject category in a computer.”[1] | ” |
Overview
On storage devices, there are typically two types of files: data files, such as text documents, spreadsheets, images, and videos, and system files, such as operating system and application binaries and libraries.
References
- ↑ Whelan Assocs., Inc. v. Jaslow Dental Lab., Inc., 797 F.2d 1222, 1242, 230 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 481 (3d Cir. 1986) (full-text), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1031 (1987).