The name of a file Some operating systems (e g , MS-DOS) restrict the file up to eight characters in length and can be followed by an extension With Windows 95 a file name can have even more than eight characters
The final part of the URL indicates the file that you want to access If you do not include the file name, the Web server will automatically look for a file named 'index html' To allow for shorter and more easily memorable addresses, it is common practice to name the homepage of the site 'index html' and omit the FILE section from the URL
Web pages are saved with a file name and a file title The file name is what the computer uses to find a page on the Internet Examples of file names: index html, favorites html, best_pics htm
A name of a standard UNIX file File names must be valid UNIX file names and since CL4 uses two or three character extensions, file names should be limited to 11 characters It is suggested that database file names be upper case to protect them from accidental erasure and so that they appear at the beginning of directory listings
The file name indicates the file currently displayed on the server (here: Server yahoo, Country de (Germany), Directory/schlagzeilen/sport/, Filefussball html)
(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
the name of the document requested, e g y html in http: //www acme com/y html If no name is specified then the file index html or index htm is the default
Word assumes that you want to use the first line of your document as its file name, and places this text in the File name text box in the Save As dialog box
The name of the file as it is stored in a folder (directory) or on a storage device A file name consists of a base name and any suffixes A fully qualified file name also includes the path
A file name is a name that refers to a file File names may be relative or absolute; the meaning of a relative file name depends on the current directory, but an absolute file name refers to the same file regardless of which directory is current On GNU and Unix systems, an absolute file name starts with a slash (the root directory) or with `~/' or `~user/' (a home directory) Some people use the term "pathname" for file names, but we do not; we use the word "path" only in the term "search path" (q v )
A designation used in a computer system to identify a file Sometimes, a file name is called a "data set name " For external designations of a computer file, see Title proper