dropfile
English
noun
Definitions
- (computing) A file used by a bulletin board system (BBS) to pass information about the BBS itself and the current user to an external door.
Etymology
Compound from English drop (act of dropping) + English file (computer file, an aggregation of data, cutting and smoothing tool).
Origin
English
file
Gloss
computer file, an aggregation of data, cutting and smoothing tool
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Filegate English
- backdrop English
- backfile English
- bedrop English
- befile English
- casefile English
- chronofile English
- datafile English
- defile English
- dewdrop English
- dotfile English
- drop English
- drop-drill English
- dropbox English
- dropcloth English
- dropdown English
- dropful English
- drophead English
- dropitis English
- dropkick English
- dropleaf English
- dropless English
- droplet English
- droplight English
- droplike English
- dropline English
- droplist English
- dropmeal English
- dropnet English
- dropometry English
- dropout English
- droppable English
- dropper English
- droppest English
- droppeth English
- dropseed English
- dropship English
- dropside English
- dropsite English
- dropstone English
- droptop English
- dropwise English
- dropworm English
- dropwort English
- dropzone English
- e-file English
- eardrop English
- eavedrop English
- eavesdrop English
- eyedrop English
- factfile English
- file English
- file handle English
- file system English
- file-card English
- fileable English
- filefish English
- filegroup English
- fileless English
- filemark English
- filemask English
- filename English
- filer English
- fileserver English
- fileset English
- filesharer English
- filespace English
- filestore English
- filetail English
- filetype English
- fileworthy English
- gumdrop English
- helpfile English
- ice drop English
- infile English
- interfile English
- logfile English
- maildrop English
- mailfile English
- metafile English
- microdrop English
- misdrop English
- misfile English
- multidrop English
- multifile English
- nanodrop English
- notefile English
- overdrop English
- predrop English
- prefile English
- pseudofile English
- raindrop English
- refile English
- rosedrop English
- savefile English
- scorefile English
- shapefile English
- sigfile English
- snowdrop English
- subfile English
- sweatdrop English
- tarfile English
- teardrop English
- tickler file English
- unfile English
- waterdrop English
- droppi Finnish
- filum Latin
- File German
- fájl Hungarian
- drop French
- dropper French
- fil French
- файл Russian
- droppe Norwegian Bokmål
- dropar Portuguese
- ファイル Japanese
- fil Norwegian Nynorsk
- dropa Old English
- fil Old French
- fæll Icelandic
- फ़ाइल Hindi
- ไฟล์ Thai
- ice drop Cebuano
- fail Indonesian
- fails Latvian
- файл Bulgarian
- ဖိုင် Burmese
- 快勞 Chinese
- 파일 Korean
- failas Lithuanian
- baeļ Marshallese
- drop
- file
- filer
- befile
- bedrop
- refile
- e-file
- unfile
- defile
- infile
- droptop
- dropbox
- gumdrop
- dropper
- misfile
- prefile
- logfile
- eardrop
- sigfile
- tarfile
- eyedrop
- fileset
- subfile
- dropout
- droplet
- dropful
- predrop
- dotfile
- misdrop
- dropnet
- dewdrop
- savefile
- dropzone
- ice drop
- dropitis
- rosedrop
- droppeth
- factfile
- overdrop
- Filegate
- droplist
- dropkick
- filefish
- metafile
- nanodrop
- filemark
- dropwort
- eavedrop
- fileless
- snowdrop
- datafile
- backdrop
- drophead
- casefile
- droplike
- dropdown
- teardrop
- fileable
- dropmeal
- dropless
- filetype
- filename
- mailfile
- notefile
- dropline
- maildrop
- filetail
- filemask
- dropleaf
- raindrop
- dropside
- backfile
- dropseed
- dropworm
- dropwise
- dropsite
- helpfile
- dropship
- droppest
- filespace
- multidrop
- interfile
- waterdrop
- droplight
- filestore
- scorefile
- multifile
- filegroup
- shapefile
- eavesdrop
- microdrop
- dropstone
- dropcloth
- file-card
- droppable
- sweatdrop
- pseudofile
- filesharer
- chronofile
- drop-drill
- fileserver
- dropometry
- fileworthy
- file handle
- file system
- tickler file