Filetype

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.
Verb
  1. 1
    To assign a type to a file.

    "This software searches the directory and attempts to filetype all the files in it."

Example

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"This software searches the directory and attempts to filetype all the files in it."

Etymology

From file + type.

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