File and Letter

File

File noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.

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Letter and file are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Letter" instead the word "File" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: filed, filing, filer

Letter noun - A message on paper from one person or group to another.

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File and letter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "File" instead the word "Letter" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: lettering, lettered, letterhead

old	old file	old letter
special	special file	special letter
long	long file	long letter
exact	exact file	exact letter
Other adjectives: certain, original, fake, single, entire, large, wrong, important, personal, secret, new, final, mysterious, random, next, last, different, previous.

That said, there's nothing about GPG that requires a three-letter ".gpg" file extension as it instead embeds GPG/PGP header information in the file itself.

Source: Hollywood Encryption
If you have an ICO save file on your memory card, the mark on Agro's forehead in Shadow of the Colossus will resemble the hornlike letter "I" from the ICO logo.

Source: Old Save Bonus
Speedrunners know that the first letter of the save file password determines what the vault password is, and they even have tables for it.

Source: Video Game / Gauntlet

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