file

To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court/court administrator to enter into the files or records of a case.

To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case. Lawyers must file a variety of documents throughout the life of a case.

To place a paper in the official custody of the clerk of court to enter into the files or records of a case.

Data stored under a specific name

A collection of data of information stored under a specified name on a disk.

A set of related information that a computer can access by a unique name (e.g., a text file, a data file, a DLG file). Files are the logical units managed on disk by the computer's operating system. Files may be stored on tapes or disks.

A named collection of data, usually stored on disk in a "directory" in a "filesystem". Roughly like a document, if you're into office metaphors. In modern filesystems, you can actually give a file more than one name. Some files have special properties, like directories and devices.

A group of documents in any format or media related by subject, activity, or transaction, often handled as a unit

(1) An accumulation of records maintained in a predetermined physical arrangement. The term may also refer to either a series or a file unit; such as a folder or dossier. (2) To place documents in a predetermined location according to an overall plan of classification. (3) In machine-readable records, two or more date records of identical layout treated as a unit. The unit is larger than a data record but smaller than a data system and is sometimes known as a data set. (4) Storage equipment, such as a filing cabinet. See also SERIES.

The largest unit of storage structure that consists of a named collection of all occurrences in a database of records of a particular record type. 2. A set of related records treated as a unit, for example, in stock control, a file could consist of a set of invoices.