The Collaborative International Dictionary
main file \main file\ n. (computers) A file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent.
Syn: master file.
WordNet
n. (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent [syn: master file]
Usage examples of "main file".
What was piled on the table was the entire main file, probably pulled out of the archives warehouse.
There was a lock on the main file, and Cerise leaned past her, breast nudging against her shoulder, to touch the codes that released it.
He had found a way to confuse the error-handling system and, in so doing, gain access to the main file, which would otherwise have kicked him out.
Kelly said wonderingly as he tossed the annex on the desk and returned to the main file.
For what had to have been the dozenth time in their two-hour trek, the two men had had to stop and wait for the main file to catch up to them.