Meanings
nounfiletype (plural filetypes)
plural filetypes
- computingAn identifier indicating the type of information contained in an electronic format.
verbfiletype (third-person singular simple present filetypes, present participle filetyping, simple past and past participle filetyped)
present singular third person filetypes · participle present filetyping · participle past filetyped · past filetyped
- To assign a type to a file.
This software searches the directory and attempts to filetype all the files in it.
Origin
Translations
Dutch bestandstype
- bestandstypeidentifier
German Dateityp, Filetyp
- Dateitypidentifier
- Filetypidentifier
Greek τύπος αρχείου
- τύπος αρχείου (týpos archeíou)identifier
Portuguese tipo de arquivo, tipo de ficheiro
- tipo de arquivoidentifier
- tipo de ficheiroidentifier
Swedish filtyp
- filtypidentifier
Turkish dosya tipi, dosya türü
- dosya tipiidentifier
- dosya türüidentifier
Cite this entry
APA
filetype. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filetype
MLA
“filetype.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filetype. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filetype,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filetype.
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