Learn HTML Forms by Building a Registration Form - Step 41

it is telling me to name every selectable element and when i did something it gave me this hint:
(You should give the file a name attribute. PS I would have chosen file) but i still cant seem to understand it

<!-- file: index.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Registration Form</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Registration Form</h1>
    <p>Please fill out this form with the required information</p>
    <form method="post" action='https://register-demo.freecodecamp.org'>

<!-- User Editable Region -->

        <fieldset>
        <label for="first-name" >Enter Your First Name: <file name="first"></file> <input id="first-name" name="first-name" type="text" required /></label>
        <label name="last" for="last-name">Enter Your Last Name: <input id="last-name" name="last-name" type="text" required /></label>
        <label name="id" for="email">Enter Your Email: <input id="email" name="email" type="email" required /></label>
        <label name="pass" for="new-password">Create a New Password: <input id="new-password" name="new-password" type="password" pattern="[a-z0-5]{8,}" required /></label>
      </fieldset>
      <fieldset>
        <label for="personal-account"><input id="personal-account" type="radio" name="account-type" /> Personal Account</label>
        <label  for="business-account"><input id="business-account" type="radio" name="account-type" /> Business Account</label>
        <label for="terms-and-conditions">
          <input id="terms-and-conditions" type="checkbox" required name="terms-and-conditions" /> I accept the <a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/terms-of-service/">terms and conditions</a>
        </label>
      </fieldset>
      <fieldset>
        <label name="pic" for="profile-picture">Upload a profile picture: <input id="profile-picture" type="file"/></label>
        <label name="age" for="age">Input your age (years): <input id="age" type="number" min="13" max="120" /></label>
        <label name="intro by" for="referrer">How did you hear about us?
          <select id="referrer" name="referrer">
            <option value="">(select one)</option>
            <option value="1">freeCodeCamp News</option>
            <option value="2">freeCodeCamp YouTube Channel</option>
            <option value="3">freeCodeCamp Forum</option>
            <option value="4">Other</option>
          </select>
        </label>
        <label name="abt self" for="bio">Provide a bio:
          <textarea id ="bio" rows="3" cols="30" placeholder="I like coding on the beach..."></textarea>
        </label>
      </fieldset>

<!-- User Editable Region -->

      <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>
/* file: styles.css */
body {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100vh;
  margin: 0;
  background-color: #1b1b32;
  color: #f5f6f7;
}

label {
  display: block;
  margin: 0.5rem 0;
}

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Challenge: Learn HTML Forms by Building a Registration Form - Step 41

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the hint is trying to tell you that you forgot to add the name attribute to the input element whose type attribute is set to “file”
(it is also the same one whose id is profile-picture)

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thankyou for clearing it up for me

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I made the mistake of placing the name with the label. If should be with the input and textarea elements which are the submittable elements.

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