data file
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈdeɪtə faɪl/
:
archivo de datos
- Make sure to save all changes to the data file before closing the program.
- create a data file
- electronic data file
- stored in a data file
Examples
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Such information was not available in the data files available for public use.
Academic text (2007) -
The data were manually entered into an SPSS data file, which was double-checked for accuracy.
Academic text (2008) -
It's the size of the data files.
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I guess it takes a lot of signal to send those data files out.
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Frank checked that one years ago, along with everything else in our data files, and found nothing suspicious.
Fiction book (1999) -
Otherwise, you may lose all your personal data files, and your PC may crash as well.
Blog text (3) -
Ten potential participants who consented to the study were deleted from the data file for one of three reasons.
Academic text (2011) -
Student responses were coded and used to create a data file to be used in developing and testing causal models.
Academic text (1995) -
The system will then present lists of data files (called granules) that match the query.
Academic text (2000) -
Dryad's page provides recommendations on file names and data file documentation and suggestions for standardization.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
A container for keeping papers and records
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2.2
A collection of information saved on a computer under a name
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a file containing data' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'data' (information) with 'file' (a collection of documents). This noun+noun compound follows a standard, cross-linguistic pattern and is predictable from the constituents, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
The term data file comes from the old picture of a paper file, a folder holding related sheets of information or data. When computers began saving facts, they used the same picture, so data file now means 'a stored collection of related records'.