File

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File or filing may refer to:

Mechanical tools and processes

• File (tool), a tool used to remove fine amounts of material from a workpiece.
  • Filing (metalworking), a material removal process in manufacturing
  • Nail file, a tool used to gently abrade away and shape the edges of fingernails and toenails

Documents

• An arranged collection of documents
• Filing (legal), submitting a document to the clerk of a court

Computing

• Computer file, a resource for storing information
  • file URI scheme
  • file (command), a Unix program for determining the type of data contained in a computer file
• File system, a method of storing and organizing computer files and their data
• Files by Google, an Android app
• Files (Apple), an Apple app

Other uses

• File (formation), a single column of troops one in front of the other
• File (chess), a column of the chessboard
• Filé powder, a culinary ingredient used in Cajun and Creole cooking
• Filé (band), a Cajun musical ensemble from Louisiana, U.S.
• Filè, a class of Irish poet
• Electronic Language International Festival, an art and technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil
• Files, a series of Indian thriller films by Vivek Agnihotri
  • The Tashkent Files, 2019 film about the 1966 death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent
  • The Kashmir Files, 2022 film about the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Hindus
  • The Delhi Files, an upcoming film about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi
• The Files: The Greatest Hits (album), a 2004 compilation album by Vico C.
• Jake Files (born 1972), a member of the Arkansas State Senate

See also

• File folder, a folder for holding loose papers
• Filing cabinet or file cabinet
• All pages with titles beginning with Filing
• All pages with titles beginning with File
• All pages with titles containing Filing
• All pages with titles containing File