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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

The IRS had been trying to replace the master file for more than a decade but then decided to reassign employees to other work.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 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

If the computer accepts the return, it gets saved to the master file.

From Washington Post

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

From Rollo at Work by Abbott, Jacob

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