English Online Dictionary. What means filename? What does filename mean?
English
Alternative forms
- file name
Etymology
Solidification of file name, compounded from file + name. Related to file system. The preference for the solid form filename over the spaced form file name in opposition to the preference for the spaced form file system over the solid form filesystem is probably influenced by the solidification of other compound nouns ending with name (for instance: place name > place-name > placename).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: fīl′nām, IPA(key): /ˈfaɪ.əl.neɪm/
- Hyphenation: file‧name
Noun
filename (plural filenames)
- (computing) The name assigned to a file in a file system.
Hypernyms
- name
Hyponyms
- 8.3 filename
- long filename, LFN
- short filename, SFN
Derived terms
- filename extension
Translations
See also
- file format
References
- filename on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- leafmine