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Digital filing

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, digital filing means: The system of storing and organizing documents electronically so they can be found, shared, and archived easily.

In Turkish: dijital dosyalama

How it is used

Used in admin, compliance, and office IT for folder structures, naming rules, permissions, scanning, and document retrieval.

Example sentences

  1. After the audit, the office manager improved our digital filing so invoices could be found by year, vendor, and project code.

    Here, the term means a structured electronic storage method that makes document retrieval faster and more reliable.

  2. We moved from paper folders to digital filing, but confidential HR records still require restricted access settings.

    In this example, the term covers electronic record storage and the need to manage permissions for sensitive files.

Common collocations

  • digital filing system
  • digital filing structure
  • digital filing process
  • shared driveA storage space on a company network or in the cloud where colleagues save, open and edit the same files.
  • record-keepingThe work of creating, organising and storing records, such as invoices, contracts and staff files, accurately and in a way that makes them easy to find.

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