file not found

Storage lookup failure

File not found is an error message indicating that a computer system cannot locate a requested file at the expected location.

The file may have been deleted, moved, renamed, or the path may be incorrect.

The phrase has become shorthand for anything missing or inaccessible: I tried to remember her name but got file not found.

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broken · deleted · lost · data loss · corrupted · system crash · path · directory · hard drive · disk · access denied · crash · blue screen · search · locate · recover · backup · gone

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retrieval success

file not founddownload complete

File transfer concluded

success · retrieved

existence/presence

file not foundstored

Kept in reserve

existence/availability status

file not foundin memory

Honoring someone gone

cached

Family

file, files, filed, filing, filer, filers, find, finds, finding

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G