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- uncountablecomputingThe space where files are stored.
That password allows anyone who knows it to get into the complete system. I could now delete all the hospital files if I wanted. Or I could go poking around in other people's filespace to see what is of interest.
2001, Cynthia Lucy Dale, The Devil's DNA, page 551 more example
Thus although people routinely email other people worldwide, they are more cautious about sending queries to remote databases. Instead they prefer to browse around directories on remote sites and then transfer whole files to their own filespace for deeper investigation.
1996, Ian Wand, Robin Milner, Computing Tomorrow: Future Research Directions in Computer Science, page 121
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filespace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filespace
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