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filespace

filespace noun: the space where files are stored.

Noun

filespace (uncountable)

  1. The space where files are stored.
    • Thus although people routinely email other people worldwide, they are more cautious about sending queries to remote databases. Instead they prefer to browse around directories on remote sites and then transfer whole files to their own filespace for deeper investigation.1996, Ian Wand, Robin Milner, Computing Tomorrow: Future Research Directions in Computer Science, page 121
    • That password allows anyone who knows it to get into the complete system. I could now delete all the hospital files if I wanted. Or I could go poking around in other people's filespace to see what is of interest.2001, Cynthia Lucy Dale, The Devil's DNA, page 55

Origin of filespace

From file + space.

Questions about filespace

What does filespace mean?
Filespace means the space where files are stored.
What part of speech is filespace?
Filespace is a noun.

Words near filespace in the dictionary

  1. filesizes
  2. filesmith
  3. filesmiths
  4. filesnake
  5. filesnakes
  6. filespace
  7. filespec
  8. filespecs
  9. filestore
  10. filestores
  11. filestream

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