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Definition: Master File |
Master FileNoun1. (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Energy | A file maintained by the PX for use in bidding and bid evaluation protocol thatcontains information on generating units, loads, and other resources eligible tobid into the PX. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Master FileSynonym: main file (n). (additional references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The letter of authorization, the free sale and origin certificate, and company profile & plant master file must be notarized by The Taipei Economic & Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
drug master file | 13 |
master file | 12 |
individual master file | 5 |
master file table | 5 |
corrupt master file table | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "master file"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | stammdatei, Bestandsdatei. (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | マシン油 (barowner, machine oil, magic, magic glass, magic hand, magic ink marker, magic mirror, magic number, Magic Tape, magical, magician, majolica, Majorca, majority, manager, manipulator, mascara, mascot, masculine, mask, masker, masking, mass, mass communication, mass consumption, mass democracy, mass fashion, mass game, mass media, mass production, mass sales, mass screening, Masscomp, mast, master, master course, master key, master plan, master tape, masterpiece, Masters Golf Tournament, masturbation, mazurka, muscat, mustard, proprietor, serious, to jerk off, to masturbate). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マスターファイル . (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | astermay ilefay archivo maestro. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Master File" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Masterfile. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-i-l-m-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: materiels, misrelate. | |
-2 letters: ateliers, earliest, emeritas, emirates, fealties, featlier, fetiales, filarees, flamiest, frailest, lamister, leafiest, leariest, marliest, marlites, materiel, mealiest, measlier, metalise, misalter, realties, realtime, reflates, steamier. | |
-3 letters: aeriest, afreets, armlets, atelier, elaters, elmiest, emerita, emirate, faeries, fairest, falters, feaster, felsite, females, ferlies, fermate, fertile, fetials, filaree, filmers, filmset, filters, firmest, flamers, flamier. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-i-l-m-r-s-t" | |
+3 letters: metalliferous. | |
+5 letters: materfamiliases, reformabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 73 74 65 72 46 69 6C 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000110 01101001 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a s t e r   F i l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0073 0074 0065 0072 0046 0069 006C 0065 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)476785867184240757871 |
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