DATA FILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does data file mean? 

• DATA FILE (noun)
  The noun DATA FILE has 1 sense:

1. a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

  Familiarity information: DATA FILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DATA FILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

data file; file

Hypernyms ("data file" is a kind of...):

record (anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "data file"):

computer file ((computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form)

mug book; mug file (a file of mug shots (pictures of criminals that are kept on file by the police))

tickler; tickler file (a file of memoranda or notices that remind of things to be done)

Instance hyponyms:

Combined DNA Index System (the DNA file maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation)