resource fork
fork of a file on HFS/HFS+/APFS used to store structured data along with the unstructured data stored within the data fork
en-US/ˈɹisoʊɹs fɑɹk/
en-GB/ɹɪˈzɔːs ˈfɔːk/
fork of a file on HFS/HFS+/APFS used to store structured data along with the unstructured data stored within the data fork