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master file

American  

noun

  1. Computers. a permanent file, periodically updated, that serves as an authoritative source of data.


Example Sentences

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There can be no question that “intentionally marking people who are still living as dead” in the master file “is unheard of and improper,” Flick stated.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

Until the master file is fully modernized, it will remain a colossal task to get real-time information on refunds and processing status to taxpayers, not to mention assure the latest safety and fraud precautions.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2023

Take the Yahoo hiccup: What likely happened was that the offending URL, https://occupywallst.org, was added to a spam filter master file.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2011

A short time later, a Russian source produced Hanssen's complete KGB dossier--the original, not photocopied, master file on the agency's 15-year relationship with "B."

From Time Magazine Archive

All other corrections are declared in the TEI master file, using the usual TEI elements for corrections.

From Rollo at Work by Abbott, Jacob