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Discover LudwigThe phrase "open file" is correct and usable in written English.
You might use it when you are describing how to navigate a computer program or interface, such as: "To open the file, click the 'Open' icon in the top toolbar."
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open file
noun
A file with no pawns of either color on it.
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See Removing an Open File, for details.
He might have drooled on the open file.
Some limit the number of open file handles.
Writes size bytes from buffer to the open file fd.
See Removing an Open File, for more information.
In the "Open File - Security Warning" window, click Run.
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Click the "Find Target... ........ button or "Open File Location".
Open file-sharing networks like Gnutella can be joined simply by obtaining a software program.
Open-file Report.
Despite that aberration, he said, the open-file policy has only helped Tarrant County.
- Menlo Park, CA : U.S. Geological Survey ; [Denver, CO ; USGS Information Services (Open-File Report Sales), 1999.
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