File

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• A document or program as well as a unit of storage or file management. Each file is a set of bytes (each byte typically consists of 8 bits) that is stored on some media, or inside an archive. Files can be transmitted over communication lines using communication protocols such as SMTP/POP3 (Mail), FTP, HTTP. Files may (or may not) have different attributes (metadata). There are many different types of files: data files, text files , program files, directory files, and so on. Different types of files store different types of information. For example, program files store programs, whereas text files store text.^[1]

• An element of data storage in a file system. A collection of data or information that has a name, called the filename. Almost all information stored in a computer must be in a file. There are many different types of files: data files, text files, program files, directory files, and so on.^{[2] [3] [4]}

• In word processing, a piece of text that is usually one document long.^[5]

• In a database, a complete collection of records treated as one unit.^[6]

• A collection of logically related data records.^[7]

• A collection of data of information stored under a specified name on a disk.^[8]

Footnotes

1. ^  Ibis Consulting, Glossary.
2. ^  Fios, E-Discovery Glossary, http://discoveryresources.org/01_electronic_discovery_glossary.html.
3. ^  Vinson & Elkins LLP Practice Support, EDD Glossary.
4. ^  RSI, Glossary.
5. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
6. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
7. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
8. ^  Kroll Ontrack, Glossary of Terms, http://www.krollontrack.com/glossaryterms.