transaction file
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- noun
- Specialized
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archivo de transacción
- The software automatically generates a transaction file whenever you make changes.
Examples
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Where input transaction volumes are high, the system's transaction files and databases are retained only long enough to perform editing functions and to summarize transaction information on the master database.
Academic text (1992) -
Nina, please save the data in this transaction file before we proceed.
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He reviewed the transaction file to ensure all entries were correct before submission.
Synonyms
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2.2
A collection of information saved on a computer under a name
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3.4
A file that a program uses to keep related information
A computer file that holds temporary data for a specific task
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase 'transaction file' is compositional: it denotes a file that contains or relates to transactions, so a B1 learner who knows 'transaction' and 'file' can infer this basic meaning. The compound follows a common noun+noun pattern found in many languages and in computing terminology, so only deeper technical details about temporary or processing-cycle usage would require extra domain knowledge.
Etymology
The term transaction file comes from old bookkeeping, where clerks kept a small file of daily transactions and updated it as sales happened. Computers copied this idea, so a transaction file now means a short computer file that holds 'temporary' or 'current' data the system updates while it works.