card file

noun

1. another term for card index

Example Sentences

The card file is just one of more than 100 pieces of artwork from and personal effects of O’Keeffe; her husband, Alfred Stieglitz; and the artist Juan Hamilton.

From New York Times

For the first time, O’Keeffe’s collection of recipes — a card file containing about 300 items — is going up for auction.

From New York Times

They recruit Fred Leiser, a German-speaking Pole who worked in military intelligence during the war but has long since settled down as a garage owner—a life they casually ruin—for little reason other than that his name appears in their outdated card file.

From The New Yorker

The card reader also comes with Sony’s Media Scan Utility and Memory Card File Rescue, two free desktop apps that assist users in managing their new super fast memory cards.

From The Verge

This morning I began sorting out an index card file from the office, because it’d fallen over and gotten all mixed up.

From Literature