filename

file·name also file name  (flnm)

n.

A name given to a computer file to distinguish it from other files, often containing an extension that classifies it by type.

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filename [ˈfaɪlˌneɪm]

n

(Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) an arrangement of characters that enables a computer system to permit the user to have access to a particular file

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filename  (flnm)

A name given to a computer file to distinguish it from other computer files. Filenames often contain an extension that classifies the file by type.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

filename - (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file computer file name, computer filename, file name computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" file name extension, filename extension, extension - a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename; "most applications provide extensions for the files they create"; "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"

Translations

filename [ˈfaɪlˌneɪm] n (Comput) → nome m del file