A collection of folders in which documents are filed according to the future date on which each will need action.

(computing) The process of reassembling computer files from fragments in the absence of file system metadata, based on the extrapolation of a file's probable type from its contents.

plural of tickler file

plural of file format

(computing, historical) A technique used to speed the generation of data files on punch card, involving multiple copies of frequently used cards that were prepunched and stored in trays arranged by index.

plural of tub file

(computing) The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type.

(US) Synonym of filing clerk

(computing) An executable file with a known structure and/or file size, designed to be infected by a file-infecting computer virus in order to facilitate the study of such.

plural of goat file