computer file

Summary

computer file ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (949 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• computer file is a type of file system object^[2].
• computer file is a type of input^[3].
• computer file's Commons category is recorded as Computer files^[4].
• computer file comprises configuration file^[5].
• computer file comprises binary file^[6].
• computer file comprises text file^[7].
• computer file's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Computer files^[8].
• computer file's topic's main category is recorded as Q32767130^[9].
• computer file's facet of is recorded as operating system^[10].
• computer file's topic has template is recorded as Template:Computer files^[11].
• computer file's topic has template is recorded as Template:File link^[12].
• computer file's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/file^[13].
• computer file's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://unix.stackexchange.com/tags/files^[14].
• computer file's has characteristic is recorded as filename^[15].
• computer file's has characteristic is recorded as file size^[16].
• computer file's has characteristic is recorded as file attribute^[17].
• computer file's has characteristic is recorded as file signature^[18].
• computer file's has characteristic is recorded as file format^[19].
• computer file's has characteristic is recorded as file property^[20].
• computer file's equivalent class is recorded as http://bibliograph.net/ComputerFile^[21].
• computer file's equivalent class is recorded as http://d3fend.mitre.org/ontologies/d3fend.owl#File^[22].
• computer file's different from is recorded as file folder^[23].
• computer file's different from is recorded as punched pocket^[24].
• computer file's different from is recorded as act^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include file system object^[2] and input^[3].

Use and Application

Components include configuration file^[5]; binary file^[6]; and text file^[7], a file format^[26].

Influence

Things named for computer file include llamafile^[27], a command-line tool^[28], founded in 2023^[29].

Why It Matters

computer file ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (949 views/month).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for it include llamafile^[27], a command-line tool^[28], founded in 2023^[29].