filetype

To assign a type to a file.

Noun

  1. An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.

Origin

From file + type.

Forms

filetypes

Verb

  1. To assign a type to a file.
    • This software searches the directory and attempts to filetype all the files in it.

Forms

filetypes filetyping filetyped

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