filetype

See also: file type

English

Etymology

file +‎ type

Noun

filetype (plural filetypes)

(computing) An identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.

Translations

identifier

German: Dateityp (de) m, Filetyp m
Greek: τύπος αρχείου (el) m (týpos archeíou)
Portuguese: tipo de arquivo m (Brazil), tipo de ficheiro m (Portugal)
Swedish: filtyp (sv) c
Turkish: dosya tipi, dosya türü

Verb

filetype (third-person singular simple present filetypes, present participle filetyping, simple past and past participle filetyped)

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

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