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<p>an <a href="page.php?w=Digital_image">image</a>, a <a href="page.php?w=Digital_video">video</a>, a <a href="page.php?w=computer_program">program</a>, or any wide variety of other kinds of data. Certain files can store multiple data types at once.</p>

<p>By using computer programs, a person can open, read, change, save, and close a computer file. Computer files may be reopened, modified, and <a href="page.php?w=file_copying">copied</a> an arbitrary number of times.</p>

<p><big>Etymology</big></p>
<p>The word "file" derives from the Latin filum ("a thread,</p><p>
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