visible file
{{Short description|Type of paper filing system}}
File:Old_kardex_file_cabinet.jpg
A visible file or kardex (a generic trademark referring to a prominent purveyor) is a filing system for overlapping cards fixed in shallow drawers.
A version was commercialized by Kardex. The Library Bureau company commercialized the similar L. B. Speedac,The Magazine of Business 47:294 (1925) while yet another brand was the Index Visible System. The ACME Visual File system was manufactured in Crozet, VA.
See also
- {{annotated link|Card catalog}}
- {{annotated link|Card file}}
- {{annotated link|Cardfile|Microsoft Cardfile}}
- {{annotated link|Rolodex}}
{{Commons category|Kardex}}