"file association" meaning in English

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      "form": "file associations",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Help me change the file association of TXT files.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "File association in Microsoft Windows relies on the file extension.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type."
      ],
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          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "association",
          "association"
        ],
        [
          "file type",
          "file type"
        ],
        [
          "program",
          "program"
        ],
        [
          "default",
          "default"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "sciences"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "association of a file type with a program",
          "word": "文件關聯"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wénjiàn guānlián",
          "sense": "association of a file type with a program",
          "word": "文件关联"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "association of a file type with a program",
          "word": "tiedostokytkentä"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "拡張子の関連付け (kōchōshi no kanren-zuke, literally “adding associations to file extensions”)",
          "sense": "association of a file type with a program"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "ファイルの関連付け (fairu no kanren-zuke, literally “adding associations to files”)",
          "sense": "association of a file type with a program"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "関連付け (kanren-zuke, literally “adding associations”)",
          "sense": "association of a file type with a program"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "file association"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "file association"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "file associations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English uncountable nouns",
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        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Help me change the file association of TXT files.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "File association in Microsoft Windows relies on the file extension.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "association",
          "association"
        ],
        [
          "file type",
          "file type"
        ],
        [
          "program",
          "program"
        ],
        [
          "default",
          "default"
        ],
        [
          "open",
          "open"
        ]
      ],
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        "(computing) The association of a file type with a program, so that the chosen program is the default for opening files of that type."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "association of a file type with a program",
      "word": "文件關聯"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wénjiàn guānlián",
      "sense": "association of a file type with a program",
      "word": "文件关联"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "association of a file type with a program",
      "word": "tiedostokytkentä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "拡張子の関連付け (kōchōshi no kanren-zuke, literally “adding associations to file extensions”)",
      "sense": "association of a file type with a program"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "ファイルの関連付け (fairu no kanren-zuke, literally “adding associations to files”)",
      "sense": "association of a file type with a program"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "関連付け (kanren-zuke, literally “adding associations”)",
      "sense": "association of a file type with a program"
    }
  ],
  "word": "file association"
}