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FILENAME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does filename mean?
• FILENAME (noun)
The noun FILENAME has 1 sense:
1. (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file
Familiarity information: FILENAME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
computer file name; computer filename; file name; filename
Hypernyms ("filename" is a kind of...):
name (a language unit by which a person or thing is known)
Meronyms (parts of "filename"):
extension; file name extension; filename extension (a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename)
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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