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Assignment of a file type to an application
In computing, a file association associates a file with an application capable of opening that file. More commonly, a file association associates a class of files with a corresponding application. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: File associationA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Discrepancies in youth self-report and case file report of maltreatment and association with internalizing and externalizing symptomsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: What happens in library filing?The most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Synthesizing configuration file specifications with association rule learningCited 37 times
- Go sideways: Uniform Type IdentifierA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Extensible Metadata PlatformA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Synthesizing configuration file specifications with association rule learning
Auditing file system permissions using association rule mining
A permeation theory for single-file ion channels: Concerted-association/dissociation
Association of type of file fracture and method of removal in a university setting
Psychological Association Members File Suit Over Special Assessment
TF-IDF-Based Transportation Integrated Law Enforcement Voice File and Text File Association Matching Technology
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
What happens in library filing?Herbert H. Hoffman · 1976- 📕Unix System V Release 3.2 Network Programmer's GuideAT & T Bell Laboratories. Technical Publication Dept. · 1988
Alchemy for Doom, Doom II, Heretic, and HexenSteve Benner · 1996
ALA filing rulesAmerican Library Association. Filing Committee. · 1980
Fundamentals of Computer Programming with CSharp Free Book (by Nakov & Co.)Svetlin Nakov · 2013
CompTIA security+ SY0-201 cert guideDavid L. Prowse · 2011- 📕Mike Meyers' guide to supporting Windows 7 for CompTIA A+ certification (exams 220-701 & 220-702)Michael Meyers · 2012
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