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Re: Ranks

> > "Rank" is the generalized term for "row" and "column",

Now, suppose the rank has an extra cell on the end that contains a name for
the data in the rank, like this:

  MALE SIMPSONS -- Homer -- Bart -- Abe -- Flanders -- Skinner -- Nelson
  CHARACTERS

Now it's a collection of data that has a label.  This is precisely
what a conventional computer file is, so let's call it a file.

Now we have ranks and files.   Ha ha ha!