The use of computer technology to file documents (in a legal case, a patent application, etc.).

A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order.

plural of filing system

(computing, especially MS-DOS) A file containing a series of instructions to be carried out by the operating system.

plural of kill file

(computing) A configuration file that describes the steps involved in building an application from its source code.

plural of swap file

(computing) A file on disk used as auxiliary memory.

(US) An item of office furniture comprising a set of either drawers, or shelves with individual doors or panels, sized to standard widths of file folders and traditionally used for the storage of files.

plural of file cabinet