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file name

file name is the alternative form of filename.

Meaning of filename

Noun

filename (plural filenames)

  1. The name assigned to a file in a file system.
    • Holonyms: filespec, pathname
    Synonyms:
    basename

Forms of file name

pluralfile names

Questions about file name

What is file name the alternative form of?
File name is the alternative form of filename.

Words near file name in the dictionary

  1. file jacket
  2. file manager
  3. file managers
  4. file meristem
  5. file meristems
  6. file name
  7. file names
  8. file off
  9. file off the serial numbers
  10. file out
  11. file past

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Adapted from Wiktionary: file name (page history and authors); filename (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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