(LIF) A Hewlett-Packard simple file system format used to bootHP-PA machines and to interchange files between older HP machines. A LIF file system is a header, containing a single directory, with 10-character case sensitive filenames and 2-byte {file types}, followed by the files. {LIF Utilities for linux (http://www.hpcc.org/hpil/lif_utils.html)}. (2003-10-09)