temporary file

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandfile

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temporary
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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file
noun
uk
/faɪl/us
/faɪl/
any of several different types of container used to store papers, letters, and other documents in an ordered way, especially in ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandfilefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It should be emphasized that what is created using imputation is, of course, atemporaryfilefor a specific analysis.
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It removes thetemporaryfile(merely removing the symbolic link).
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Atemporaryfilecreated with is deleted automatically when the program exits or the file is closed.
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In the sorting phase, chunks of data small enough to fit in main memory are read, sorted, and written out to atemporaryfile.
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Two communicating processes should open atemporaryfilewith the same name and do mmap on it to get a file mapping in the memory.
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The hard disk system (when it was working) was considered atemporaryfilestorage device used for speed, not to be trusted to hold files for long-term storage.
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Instead of copying the page into atemporaryfile, the next spare physical location in the database file was found and the page was written to this location.
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It only contains temporary files needed for workstation initialization and symbolic links to files in the shared name space.
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When editing large files, only part of the file is loaded in the memory at a time and temporary files are created only as needed.
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A standard procedure for system administration is to reduce the amount of storage space used (typically, on a disk drive) by removing temporary files.
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The temporary files left behind can accumulate over time and consume a lot of disk space.
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When the changes are saved, the temporary files are deleted by the software.
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A user's temporary files are deleted when the user logs out (and implicitly if the system is rebooted).
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The deletion of temporary files is similar to the deletion of unneeded lists and arrays of data.
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Many operating systems create temporary files or files required for booting, and these files may occupy or overwrite the area of lost data, rendering it partially or completely unrecoverable.
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There are configuration options to reduce compilation times by enabling parallel compilation and using pipes instead of temporary files; package compilation may also be distributed over multiple computers.
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In certain situations such as a power failure while editing is in progress, the temporary files may not be deleted and the changes will be lost.
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Temporary files may be deleted manually.
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