plural of file association

(computing) An area on the hard disk that Windows uses as if it were RAM.

present participle of kill file

simple past tense and past participle of kill file

(computing) A table used internally by the operating system to keep track of the structure of a disk and where files are stored on it.

plural of file allocation table

A standard network protocol used to transfer files from one host to another over a TCP-based network, such as the Internet.

(statistics) The bias to meta-analysis resulting from statistical studies with low statistical power tending to remain unpublished and inaccessible to the analyst.

plural of file-drawer problem

(chess) A half-open file.