Also means
card index
Usage Note
Fichero originally meant a card-index cabinet (fichero de clientes) and by extension now covers a computer file or directory in Spain. In Latin America and in computing internationally, archivo is more common for a digital file. The two words overlap but fichero often implies an organised collection rather than a single document.
Examples
"Guarda el fichero en la carpeta correcta."
Natural Translation
Save the file in the correct folder.
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