Shapefile

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Definition of Shapefile:
A shapefile stores non-topological geometry and attribute information for the spatial features in a data set. The geometry for a feature is stored as a shape comprising a set of vector coordinates. Shapefiles can support point, line, and area features.
This is the common definition for Shapefile, other definitions can be discussed in the article