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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

communication go
something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups

indication, indicant go
something that serves to indicate or suggest

evidence go
an indication that makes something evident

record go
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

file, data file go
a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together

computer file
(computer science) a file maintained in computer-readable form

noun.communication

9 Subcategories

backup file go
(computer science) a computer file dedicated to storing and updating computer backups
binary file go
(computer science) a computer file containing machine-readable information that must be read by an application
master file, main file go
(computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent
disk file go
(computer science) a computer file stored on a magnetic disk and identified by a unique label
transaction file, detail file go
(computer science) a computer file containing relatively transient data about a particular data processing task
input file, input data go
(computer science) a computer file that contains data that serve as input to a device or program
output file go
(computer science) a computer file that contains data that are the output of a device or program
read-only file go
(computer science) a file that you can read but cannot change
document, text file go
(computer science) a computer file that contains text (and possibly formatting instructions) using seven-bit ASCII characters