Detail File (Noun)
Meaning
(computer science) a computer file containing relatively transient data about a particular data processing task.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The detail_file was created to store additional information about the database query, such as execution time and memory usage.
- The system administrator examined the detail_file to diagnose the issue with the previous night's batch processing run.
- After analyzing the detail_file, the programmer was able to pinpoint the cause of the software bug that had been causing problems all week.
- The backup system generated a new detail_file every hour to keep track of changes to the system's configuration.
- Inspecting the detail_file revealed that the data import task had encountered several errors and was unable to complete successfully.