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sigfile en · NOUN

Etymology

From sig + file.

Meanings

1. (Internet) A text file containing a sig (e-mail or newsgroup signature).
   • You've seen sigfiles: the chunk of information at the end of an email. 2002, Rebecca Blood, The Weblog Handbook, page 81:
   • How do you read abbreviations (IMHO)? Quoted text? Headers? Sigfiles? Emoticons? 2005, Randy Allen Harris, Voice Interaction Design, page 209:
   • Can anyone please tell me why I get an 'output from your job etc' message back from bitnet everytime^([sic]) I send a message out? Is there a problem with my sigfile or does everyone get them? 1994, BILL, “help with my sigfile”, in bit.listserv.help-net (Usenet):

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