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<p>A <b>temporary file</b> is a file created to store information temporarily, either for a program's intermediate use or for transfer to a permanent file when complete. It may be created by <a href="page.php?w=computer_program">computer program</a>s for a variety of purposes, such as when a program cannot allocate enough memory for its tasks, when the program is working on data bigger than the architecture's <a href="page.php?w=address_space">address space</a>, or as a primitive form of <a href="page.php?w=inter-process_communication">inter-process communication</a>.</p><p>
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