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inf

inf

1 9.9
A text file Windows uses to install hardware drivers
  • noun
  • Specialized
: archivo .inf
  • For William F. Buckley, the INF Treaty approached unilateral disarmament, threatening to leave the West naked before the Russian enemy.

Examples

  • NATO did not flinch, however, despite a concerted Soviet propaganda campaign and Moscow's walkout from the INF talks.

    Academic text (1990)
  • QSP-100 includes an enhanced serial driver and INF file for use with Windows 95.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Following the Washington summit, the vast majority of the Senate favored the INF Treaty.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Some planned versions may exceed INF treaty thresholds, which is bad news for a treaty that doesn't need more bad news.

    Blog text (26)
  • The first was to agree to the mutual liquidation of all Soviet and U.S. INF missiles, as well as other nuclear missiles with a range greater than five hundred kilometers.

    Academic text (1991)
  • "Intermediate-range nuclear forces talks (INF) opened in the fall of 1981 with arms expert Paul Nitze heading the American delegation in Geneva.

    Academic text (1990)
  • If exchanges of military information and observations are supplemented by the inspection mechanisms set up by the INF and CFE treaties, the concept of military transparency will really take hold in a very wide area.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Reagan and Gorbachev agreed tentatively to eliminate all medium-range missiles (INF) in Europe, and they also agreed to negotiate a 50-percent reduction in strategic nuclear weapons.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The software requires an INF file to complete the installation on Windows systems.

  • You can modify the INF file to change the configuration settings for your device.

Synonyms

config
vsinf
  • Jargon
5 5.6

A file that stores the settings for a program or device

is a Windows plain text file used to set up or install devices
pkg
vsinf
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A file used to install a program on a computer

is a plain text Windows file rather than a packaged installer

Surface Forms

inf singular
infs plural

Etymology

Inf for a Windows .inf file comes from info, short for 'information' or 'installation information'. So an inf file is the small text file that tells Windows how to install or set up a device.