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  2. Electronic document - Wikipedia

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    To alleviate the problem, many software companies distribute free file viewers for their proprietary file formats (one example is Adobe's Acrobat Reader). The other solution is the development of standardized non- proprietary file formats (such as HTML and OpenDocument ), and electronic documents for specialized uses have specialized formats ...

  3. File transfer - Wikipedia

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    A file transfer protocol is a convention that describes how to transfer files between two computing endpoints. As well as the stream of bits from a file stored as a single unit in a file system, some may also send relevant metadata such as the filename, file size and timestamp – and even file-system permissions and file attributes. Some examples:

  4. File folder - Wikipedia

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    A yellow file folder made of paper. A file folder in open position. Punched pockets used in some file folders. A file folder (or simply folder) is a kind of folder that holds papers together for organization and protection. [1] File folders usually consist of a sheet of heavy paper stock or other thin, but stiff, material which is folded in ...

  5. Directory (computing) - Wikipedia

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    There is a difference between a directory, which is a file system concept, and the graphical user interface metaphor that is used to represent it (a folder). [original research?] For example, Microsoft Windows uses the concept of special folders to help present the contents of the computer to the user in a fairly consistent way that frees the ...

  6. File Transfer Protocol - Wikipedia

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    File organization is specified using the STRU command. The following file structures are defined in section 3.1.1 of RFC959: F or FILE structure (stream-oriented). Files are viewed as an arbitrary sequence of bytes, characters or words. This is the usual file structure on Unix systems and other systems such as CP/M, MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.

  7. PDF/A - Wikipedia

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    PDF is a standard for encoding documents in an "as printed" form that is portable between systems. However, the suitability of a PDF file for archival preservation depends on options chosen when the PDF is created: most notably, whether to embed the necessary fonts for rendering the document; whether to use encryption; and whether to preserve additional information from the original document ...

  8. Shared resource - Wikipedia

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    The shared folder can also be given a ShareName that is different from the folder local name at the server side. For example, \\ServerComputerName\c$ usually denotes a drive with drive letter C: on a Windows machine. A shared drive or folder is often mapped at the client PC computer, meaning that it is assigned a drive letter on the local PC ...

  9. Means of communication - Wikipedia

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    Paths of communication can be physical (e.g. the road as transportation route) or non-physical (e.g. networks like a computer network). Contents of communication can be for example photography, data, graphics, language, or texts. Means of communication in the narrower sense refer to technical devices that transmit information. [5]