datafile
noun
datafile is a noun meaning “A computer file that stores data for use by an application or system” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled D-A-T-A-F-I-L-E, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of datafile is datafiles.
What does datafile mean?
noun
- 1
A computer file that stores data for use by an application or system.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of datafile
- datafiles plural
- data file
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is datafile?
Datafile appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does datafile come from?
From data + file.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).