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Everything about Computer file
Computer resource for recording data on a storage device
A computer file is a named collection of data treated as a unit by the system that manages it. Today, this system is called a file system. Many older computer systems lacked a distinct file system per se, yet a management feature is required in order to provide a file abstraction. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Computer fileA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Understanding the log file data from educational and psychological computer-based testing: A scoping review protocolInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Reconfigurable Processor Array A Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA)The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The protein data bank: A computer-based archival file for macromolecular structuresCited 6,820 times
- Go sideways: Disk editorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: File systemA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The protein data bank: A computer-based archival file for macromolecular structures
Optimal File Allocation in a Multiple Computer System
File Placement on Distributed Computer Systems
Dynamic file migration in distributed computer systems
File Allocation in a Distributed Computer Communication Network
Dynamic file assignment in a computer network
Computer file of New Zealand earthquakes
Adaptive File Allocation in Star Computer Network
🆕 Influential since 2022
Understanding the log file data from educational and psychological computer-based testing: A scoping review protocol
Design Scheme of a Docker Container File Isolation against Computer Virus Spreading
Key Technology of Distributed Memory File System Based on High-Performance Computer
Bike computer forensics: An efficient and robust method for FIT file recovery
Development of Al-Qur'an Memorization Techniques Based on Computer File Models: Learning Innovation in Islamic Education
📚 Books worth reading
Reconfigurable Processor Array A Bit Sliced Parallel Computer (USA)A. Rushton · 1986
Interactive Computing SeriesKenneth C. Laudon · 1997
Mastering today's softwareEdward G. Martin, Charles S. Parker · 1992
PCs for DummiesDan Gookin · 1992
I-SeriesStephen Haag · 2001
WordPress For DummiesLisa Sabin-Wilson · 2007
Computer ConceptsJune Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja · 1996
Your OfficeAmy S. Kinser, Eric Kinser · 2012
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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