what is Inactive(file) and Active(file) in /proc/meminfo?

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After ran a process Active(file) and Inactive(file) size is continuously increasing in my Linux system. What is mean by Active(file) and Inactive(file) memory in /proc/meminfo ?

$ cat /proc/meminfo

MemTotal: 16464260 kB
MemFree: 5206868 kB
Buffers: 17980 kB
Cached: 7395552 kB
SwapCached: 114124 kB
Active: 5590956 kB
Inactive: 4426264 kB
Active(anon): 2191992 kB
Inactive(anon): 416676 kB
Active(file): 3398964 kB
Inactive(file): 4009588 kB
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