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file name
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file name extension
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[computing]
The name that distinguishes a file from all other files in a particular directory. It can refer to the name of the file by itself (harold), the name plus the file extension (harold.shp), or the whole path of a file up to and including the file name extension (C:\mygisdata\shapefiles\harold.shp).
