filename

noun

filename

noun

US /ˈfaɪ.əl.neɪm/

Etymology file + name

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The name assigned to a file in a file system.

  • Holonyms: filespec, pathname
  • Meronyms: filename extension, extension
1 more example
  • Near-synonym: basename
Related terms
file format, file size, file system, 8.3

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.