# File

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**File** or **filing** may refer to:

## Mechanical tools and processes

- [File (tool)](/source/File_(tool)), a tool used for removing fine amounts of material from a workpiece. - [Filing (metalworking)](/source/Filing_(metalworking)), a material removal process in manufacturing - [Nail file](/source/Nail_file), a tool used to gently abrade away and shape the edges of fingernails and toenails

## Documents

- An arranged collection of [documents](/source/Document)
- [Filing (legal)](/source/Filing_(legal)), submitting a document to the clerk of a court

## Computing

- [Computer file](/source/Computer_file), a resource for storing information - [file URI scheme](/source/File_URI_scheme) - [file (command)](/source/File_(command)), a Unix program for determining the type of data contained in a computer file
- [File system](/source/File_system), a method of storing and organizing computer files and their data
- [Files by Google](/source/Files_by_Google), an Android app
- [Files (Apple)](/source/Files_(Apple)), an Apple app

## Other uses

- [File (formation)](/source/File_(formation)), a single column of troops one in front of the other
- [File (chess)](/source/File_(chess)), a column of the chessboard
- [Filé powder](/source/Fil%C3%A9_powder), a culinary ingredient used in Cajun and Creole cooking
- [Filé (band)](/source/Fil%C3%A9_(band)), a Cajun musical ensemble from Louisiana, U.S.
- [Filè](/source/Fil%C3%A8), a class of Irish poet
- [Electronic Language International Festival](/source/Electronic_Language_International_Festival), an art and technology festival held yearly in São Paulo, Brazil
- *[Files](/source/List_of_Indian_film_series)*, a series of Indian thriller films by Vivek Agnihotri - *[The Tashkent Files](/source/The_Tashkent_Files)*, 2019 film about the 1966 death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent - *[The Kashmir Files](/source/The_Kashmir_Files)*, 2022 film about the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Hindus - *[The Delhi Files](/source/The_Delhi_Files)*, an upcoming film about the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi
- *[The Files: The Greatest Hits](/source/The_Files:_The_Greatest_Hits)* (album), a 2004 compilation album by Vico C.
- [Jake Files](/source/Jake_Files) (born 1972), a member of the Arkansas State Senate
- [James Files](/source/James_Files), American murderer
- [Epstein files](/source/Epstein_files), sometimes informally referred to as "the files".

## See also

- [File folder](/source/File_folder), a folder for holding loose papers
- [Filing cabinet](/source/Filing_cabinet) or file cabinet

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