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source file

source file noun: a file containing the editable content of a digital resource, used to create a distribution format.

Noun

source file (plural source files)

  1. A file containing the editable content of a digital resource, used to create a distribution format.
    • UNESCO (2019), “Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)”, in UNESCO Legal Affairs: “developing mechanisms to support and incentivize all stakeholders to publish source files and accessible OER using standard open file formats in public repositories.”
    • “Source File”, in PC Magazine Encyclopedia, (Can we date this quote?): “the text files of this encyclopedia, which are continuously edited, become the source files for deployment each cycle”
  2. A file containing the source code of a software.

source file meaning in Tamil

source file in Tamil

மூலக்கோப்பு

Forms of source file

pluralsource files

Questions about source file

What does source file mean?
Source file means a file containing the editable content of a digital resource, used to create a distribution format.
What is source file in Tamil?
Source file in Tamil is மூலக்கோப்பு. See Source file meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is source file?
Source file is a noun.
What is the plural of source file?
The plural of source file is source files.

Words near source file in the dictionary

  1. source control
  2. source criticism
  3. source document
  4. source domain
  5. source domains
  6. source file
  7. source files
  8. source language
  9. source languages
  10. source material
  11. source routing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: source file (page history and authors); source file (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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