(uncountable) Material with embedded wire teeth used for cleaning files; card-clothing / (countable) A tool for removing debris from between the teeth of a file.

(media) A photograph that is representative of the subject of a news story, but that has been selected from a news organization's existing photo library.

(US) Synonym of filing clerk

plural of file format

(computing, historical) A technique used to speed the generation of data files on punch card, involving multiple copies of frequently used cards that were prepunched and stored in trays arranged by index.

plural of tub file

(computing) An executable file with a known structure and/or file size, designed to be infected by a file-infecting computer virus in order to facilitate the study of such.

plural of goat file

(computing) The process of reassembling computer files from fragments in the absence of file system metadata, based on the extrapolation of a file's probable type from its contents.

plural of tickler file