kill file

kill fi·lé

K k

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kil fi-ley, fee-ley]
- /kɪl fɪˈleɪ, ˈfi leɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [kil fi-ley, fee-ley]
- /kɪl fɪˈleɪ, ˈfi leɪ/

Definitions of kill file words

noun Technical meaning of kill file [Usenet] Per-user file(s) used by some Usenet reading programs (originally Larry Wall's rn) to discard summarily (without presenting for reading) articles matching some particularly uninteresting (or unwanted) patterns of subject, author, or other header lines. Thus to add a person (or subject) to one's kill file is to arrange for that person to be ignored by one's newsreader in future. By extension, it may be used for a decision to ignore the person or subject in other media. See also plonk. 1
noun kill file (Internet) A file by means of which individual users of newsgroups can ignore postings by certain other users, or postings that match certain criteria. 0

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Parts of speech for Kill file

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adjective

verb

adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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kill file popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 87% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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