Dustin was thinking very hard :
> "David W. Hodgins"  wrote in 
> news:op.xj4xbphsa3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net:
>
>> On Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:18:40 -0400, Wolf K  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 2014-08-05 9:58 AM, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>> I disagree with this usage when in this context. These entities exist
>>>> and are accessed before there is a file system extant to access true  
>>>> files.
>>> 
>>> "True" files????
>> 
>> Now we're getting into the semantics of what a file is. I do agree the
>> boot sector and bios contain data. I don't agree that they are files.
>> A file has a name, that is accessible from the os. Neither of the
>> above have names. While some programs can read/write them, a general
>> file browser cannot.
>> 
>> Regards, Dave Hodgins
>
> I agree with you and FTR on this one.  

However, this is what a "file" is becoming most likely. This context is 
quite different from the context we should be using here.

http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/?id=154539


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