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Filename

A filename is used to uniquely identify a computer file in a file system. Different file systems impose different restrictions on filename lengths.

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27 related topics

Reserved characters and words

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Length restrictions

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Letter case preservation

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History

File naming schemes

Number of names per file

Length restrictions

Filename extensions

Encoding interoperability

Uniqueness

Letter case preservation

Reserved characters and words

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Filename

Nodes101
Edges100
Triples164
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019802
Components1

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Filename

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related to Length restrictions · 21
Filename → Apple DOS, Apple ProDOS, Berkeley Unix, DOS, FAT, FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, For, From Windows, Human68K, IBM, IBM S/370, In, Length, Many Windows, OS, Some, Standalone Disk BASIC, Unix
related to External links · 15
Filename → Data Management Services, December, ECMA-208, File Extension LibraryFILExtWikiExt, File Extensions Encyclopedia, File Naming, July, Microsoft Docs, Namespaces, Naming Files, Paths, POSIX, Stanford University Libraries, System-Independent Data FormatBest Practices, USA
related to Filename extensions · 15
Filename → Although, Extensions, FAT, Filenames, Files-11, For, Fortran, Multiple, NTFS, OBJfor, ODS-1, ODS-2, Some, Unix, VFAT
related to Number of names per file · 12
Filename → For, Hard, LFNs, Mac OS/macOS, NTFS, The, This, Unix-like, Unix-style, VFAT, Windows, Windows XP
see also · 12
Filename → File, File Naming Conventions, Filesystem Agnostic, Internationalized, Resource Identifier, Slug, Symbolic, Uniform Resource Locator, URI, URL, Web, Win32
related to Letter case preservation · 11
Filename → Any, FAT, For, If, MyName, On, Some, Such, These, Txt, VFAT
related to Uniqueness · 10
Filename → Latin, Multiple, NFC, NFD, Since, This, Unicode, Uniqueness, UTF-16, Within
related to Unicode interoperability · 8
Filename → Although, For, HFS, NFD Unicode, Nonetheless, The Unicode, UDF, Unicode
related to Unicode migration · 8
Filename → File Name Encoding Repair, For, Microsoft, One, The Linux, Unicode, Utility, VFAT
related to Problematic characters · 7
Filename → Character, Except, File, Note, Unix, While, Windows

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Important terminology

file systems name system characters filenames used unicode windows names files character allowed encoding may extension one directory different case

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
accented lettersinstance ofand other printable characters0.80text
symbols in non-Roman alphabetsinstance ofand other printable characters0.80text
and symbols in non-alphabetic scriptsinstance ofand other printable characters0.80text
the name of a subject or a location or any other text to help identify the file.Some people use the term filename when referring to a complete specification of deviceinstance ofor a comment0.80text
subdirectoriesinstance ofor a comment0.80text
filename such as the Windows Cinstance ofor a comment0.80text
a numerical counterinstance ofFile naming schemesPrograms and devices may automatically assign names to files0.80text
smartphones may synchronize their clock from a NTP server.Perhaps the most common file naming convention is to limit directory namesinstance ofInternet-connected devices0.80text
file names to the 65 characters in the POSIX portable filename character setinstance ofInternet-connected devices0.80text
NFCinstance ofMultiple files in different directories may have the same name.Uniqueness approach may differ both on the case sensitivity and on the Unicode normalization form0.80text
NFDinstance ofMultiple files in different directories may have the same name.Uniqueness approach may differ both on the case sensitivity and on the Unicode normalization form0.80text
Sambainstance ofFile system case sensitivity is a considerable challenge for software0.80text

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