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 asHTML". The process can result in a main XML or HTMLfile, a graphicfile for each image in the original, a Cssfile, etc. This can be an issue asXML 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)