Look up: file-name

1. filename
   The name of a file. Prior to Windows '95 file names used the MS DOS naming convention of 8.3 characters, e.g. filename.doc. Windows '95 introduced long filename support to the PC/Windows OS. A long filename can contain up to 255 characters, including spaces - it cannot contain the following characters: \ / : * ? ' < >
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2. filename
   file name noun (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file
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3. Filename
   command shell showing filenames in a directory The `filename` is metadata about a file; a string used to uniquely identify a file stored on the file system. Different file systems impose different restrictions on length and allowed characters on filenames. A filename includes one or more of these co...
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