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The term file3 must have been one of the first to be used in commercial data processing terminology. Even before the advent of computers a deck of punch cards was often called a 'card file,' a term also applied to the cabinet in which the cards were store

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The term file³ must have been one of the first to be used in commercial data processing terminology. Even before the advent of computers a deck of punch cards was often called a 'card file,' a term also applied to the cabinet in which the cards were stored. In the very early days of computers, any collection of data or programs was identified as a file.

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Ralston 1976

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The term file3 must have been one of the first to be used in commercial data processing terminology. Even before the advent of computers a deck of punch cards was often called a 'card file,' a term also applied to the cabinet in which the cards were store

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology