Filing cabinet

A filing cabinet is a piece of office furniture for storing paper documents in file folders. In the most simple context, it is an enclosure for drawers in which articles are stored. The two most common forms of filing cabinets are vertical files and lateral files.

A vertical file cabinet has drawers that extend from the short side of the cabinet.
A lateral file cabinet has drawers that extend from the long side of the cabinet.
These are also called side filers in Great Britain.

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