open files
Unsaved active documents
Open files are documents or data currently in use by a program, accessible for reading or editing.
In computing, an open file consumes system resources until closed: Save your work and close any open files before shutting down.
The term also appears in chess, where an open file is a vertical column with no pawns, giving rooks freedom to operate.
- rooksCrow family birds
- documentsFormal written records
- accessRight to enter
- read onlyViewable but uneditable
- outpostsRemote settlements or bases
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- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
- public informationnews, public records, weather, census data, court records