a name or label for a subject, expressed as a string
The portion of the filename that precedes the extension. For example, SAMPLE is the base name of the file SAMPLE.ASM.
The file name of an icon file minus the file-name suffixes for size (.l, .m, .s, .t) and type (.bm, .pm). For example, the base name of an icon file named myicon.m.pm is myicon.
In PowerAda, a compilation unit name specified without its type qualifier of lib/ or sec/, such as text_io; or a file name without the path to its enclosing directory, e.g., textiob.ada.