Multiple files output from some operation. The term has been heard in use at Microsoft to describe the set of files output when Microsoft WORd does "Save As a Web Page" OR "Save as HTML". The process can result in a main XMLORHTMLfile, a graphicfile fOR each image in the ORiginal, a CSSfile, etc. This can be an issue as XML can be used as the default fORmat in Office 2000, and document management systems can' t yet cope with the relationship between the files in a thicket when checking in and out. (2001-09-01)