data file
Definition 1
General: Electronic file containing digitized audio/video, graphic, or text information arranged in a coded form (and a specific file format) dictated by the program that created it. It can be read or used only by the same (or a compatible) program, and is distinct from a program file (which contains executable code).
Definition 2
Database: Part of a database consisting of several data records. Several data files make up a database.
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data file is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks subject.
data file appears in the definitions of the following terms:
lossy compression,
data recovery,
data field,
driver,
compression algorithm,
computer virus,
database,
webpage,
website,
metadata
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