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source files

source files is the plural of source file.

Meaning of source file

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.”
  2. A file containing the source code of a software.

Questions about source files

What is source files the plural of?
Source files is the plural of source file.

Words near source files in the dictionary

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

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