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MAIN FILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does main file mean?
• MAIN FILE (noun)
The noun MAIN FILE has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent
Familiarity information: MAIN FILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
main file; master file
Hypernyms ("main file" is a kind of...):
computer file ((computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
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