File

File or filing may refer to:

Tools:

  • File (tool)
  • Filing (metalworking)
  • Nail file

Paper or computer records:

  • File folder, a folder for holding loose papers
  • Filing cabinet or file cabinet
  • Filing (legal), submitting a document to the clerk of a court
  • Computer file
  • File URI scheme
  • File (command), a Unix program for determining the type of data contained in a computer file

Other:

  • File (formation), a single column of men one in front of the other
  • File (chess), a column of the chessboard
  • Filé powder, a culinary ingredient used in Cajun and Creole cooking
  • Filé (band), a Cajun musical ensemble from Louisiana, U. S
  • Fili or file, a class of Irish poets
  • Electronic Language International Festival, an art and technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil

Probably nothing in the experience of the rank and file of workers causes more bitterness and envy than the realization which comes sooner or later to many of them that they are “stuck” and can go no further.
— Mary Barnett Gilson (1877–?)