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Definition: file maintenance


(1) The periodic updating of master files such as adding and deleting employees and customers, making address changes and updating product prices. File maintenance does not refer to daily transaction processing, although it may refer to periodic batch processing. The terms file maintenace and "file management" are used synonymously. See file management and batch processing.

(2) The periodic reorganization of hard disk drives. See defragment.