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Definition: digital file


Everything permanently saved in a computer is a digital file, identified by file name. Program files in storage are written into memory for execution, and data files are written into memory for processing (see 3 C's). Depending on the size of the file and memory capacity, a file is written into memory in part or in whole. See digital and memory.




Everything Stored Is a File
The common unit of storage no matter what the application is the file. See file.