Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

file association

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables: file as-so-ci-a-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Help me change the file association of TXT files."
"File association in Microsoft Windows relies on the file extension."

Usage

Inflected Forms

file associations (plural)

Questions

What does file association mean?: The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type.

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