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What (who) is dot file - definition

OBJECT IN A FILESYSTEM MARKED TO NOT BE DISPLAYED BY DEFAULT
Dotfile; Dot file; Dot-file; Dot files; Hidden file; Hidden folder; Hidden files; Hidden directory; Hidden files and directories; Hiden folders; Dotfiles; Dot-files; .nomedia

dot file         
<operating system, convention> A Unix application program configuration file. On Unix, files named with a leading dot are not normally shown in directory listings. Many programs define one or more dot files in which startup or configuration information may be optionally recorded; a user can customise the program's behaviour by creating the appropriate file in the current or home directory. Dot files tend to proliferate - with every nontrivial application program defining at least one, a user's home directory can be filled with scores of dot files, without the user really being aware of it. Common examples are .profile, .cshrc, .login, .emacs, .mailrc, .forward, .newsrc, .plan, .rhosts, .sig, .xsession. See also profile, rc file. [Jargon File] (1994-12-07)
Hidden file and hidden directory         
In computing, a hidden folder (sometimes hidden directory) or hidden file is a folder or file which filesystem utilities do not display by default when showing a directory listing. They are commonly used for storing user preferences or preserving the state of a utility and are frequently created implicitly by using various utilities.
DOT (graph description language)         
  • An image that seems improperly rendered
  • A graph with attributes
  • A directed graph
  • An undirected graph
  • rendering]] of the example script using the tool <code>dotty</code>
  • Binary tree generated in Graphviz from a DOT description by an online [http://huffman.ooz.ie/ Huffman Tree generator]
FILE FORMAT
DOT Language; Dot language; DOT computer language; DOT Graph; Dot Graph; Dot graph; DOT graph; .gv; DOT language
DOT is a graph description language. DOT graphs are typically files with the filename extension gv or dot.

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Hidden file and hidden directory

In computing, a hidden folder (sometimes hidden directory) or hidden file is a folder or file which filesystem utilities do not display by default when showing a directory listing. They are commonly used for storing user preferences or preserving the state of a utility and are frequently created implicitly by using various utilities. They are not a security mechanism because access is not restricted – usually the intent is simply to not "clutter" the display of the contents of a directory listing with files the user did not directly create.