What does fichier in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word fichier in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use fichier in French.

The word fichier in French means file, file, filing card box, attachment, corrupt file, fingerprint database, attachment, source file, text file, zip file, file format, filename. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word fichier

file

nom masculin (entité de stockage de données) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Toutes les informations sont dans ce fichier.
All the information is in this file.

file

nom masculin (groupe de fiches documentaires) (set of records)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Voici le fichier de tous nos clients.
Here is the file of all our customers.

filing card box

nom masculin (boîte, réceptacle à fiches) (container)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Toutes les fiches sont rangées dans ce fichier.
All the cards are in the filing card box.

attachment

nom masculin (document joint) (email)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Lorsqu'on reçoit un courriel, il y a souvent un fichier attaché.

corrupt file

nom masculin (fichier endommagé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

fingerprint database

nom masculin (recensement d'empreintes)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

attachment

nom masculin (dossier en annexe) (email)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il y a souvent des fichiers joints aux courriels.

source file

nom masculin (fichier à l'origine d'une opération)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

text file

nom masculin (informatique : suite de caractères) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans un fichier texte, le texte est souvent au format ASCII.

zip file

nom masculin (Informatique : fichier d'archivage) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les fichiers zip sont compressés.

file format

nom masculin (façon dont sont stockées les données)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

filename

nom masculin (nom de document informatisé) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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