in-betweenfiles
nounUK /ˌɪnbɪˈtwiːnfaɪlz/
US /ˌɪnbɪˈtwinfaɪlz/
Files that are kept in the middle place between two other sets of files.
The clerk put the draft reports in the in-betweenfiles so they would not get mixed up with the final ones.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Temporary files created while a computer moves data from one place to another.
The program saved the in-betweenfiles until the transfer finished.
3. Files that belong to neither of two main groups but sit between them.
The in-betweenfiles were labeled separately from both departments.
4. A set of records used to bridge two stages of a process.
During the merger, the in-betweenfiles helped link the old and new systems.