A collection of data stored on a computer with a specific name and format. Like a digital document, photo, or song that you can save and organize.
Your vacation photos, work documents, and music songs are all different types of files stored on your device.
A “file” is stored and accessed through a file system (files and folders). In cloud platforms, managed file services provide shared file storage (often NFS/SMB) so multiple servers or containers can read and write the same files.