electronic file cabinet

British

noun

computing a device, controlled by software, for the storage and retrieval of information

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CalGang has been described as an “electronic file cabinet” that contains information about suspected gang members and those in their orbits — currently allowing inclusion of people such as girlfriends or family members.

From Los Angeles Times

Lawyers for the employee argued that the FBI had violated his Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable search by seizing messages from a storage device that constituted his personal "electronic file cabinet."

From Time Magazine Archive

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