WordNet
n. (computer science) a computer file that is used as the authority in a given job and that is relatively permanent [syn: main file]
Usage examples of "master file".
I dumped the El Nido master file in the garbage and thought about her.
The computer had created a master file and then a separate list of the names that appeared frequently.
The implanted dataphage was an extreme measure, constructed not only to destroy the pirated file but to call out and destroy the master file, too, probably after sending a high-alert warning to the owner of the file to give them a chance to countermand.
They resided deep inside the CIA's master file, lodged like stones in the throat of some mythical beast.
As soon as I know where the carnie is going, I write to the local churches and send 'em my finger prints so they can check 'em against the master file of the eternally saved at Archangel Foster Tabernacle_-unless they already know me.
One drawback is that I have to wait until a periodic updating of the master file is scheduled, which usually happens once a week.
The scratch record is copied into a master file, soon after entry, so that there’.