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What (who) is filename extension - definition

SUFFIX TO THE NAME OF A COMPUTER FILE
File name extension; File extension; Filename suffix; File suffix; File extensions; Show file extensions; Double extension; Dangerous extensions; File format extension; Filename extensions; File ext; File exertions; Double extensions; .jpg.exe; .png.exe; .bmp.exe

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<filename extension> The portion of a filename, following the final point, which indicates the kind of data stored in the file. Many operating systems use filename extensions, e.g. Unix, VMS, MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows. They are usually from one to three letters (some sad old OSes support no more than three). Examples include "c" for C source code, "ps" for PostScript, "txt" for arbitrary text. NEXTSTEP and its descendants also use extensions on directories for a similar purpose. Apart from informing the user what type of content the file holds, filename extensions are typically used to decide which program to launch when a file is "run", e.g. by double-clicking it in a GUI file browser. They are also used by Unix's make to determine how to build one kind of file from another. Compare: MIME type. {filename extensionrebma/filex.html">Tony Warr's comprehensive list (http://camalott.com/filename extensionrebma/filex.html)}. {FAQS.org Graphics formats (http://faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/)}. (2002-04-19)
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A filename extension, file name extension or file extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file (e.g.
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Filename extension

A filename extension, file name extension or file extension is a suffix to the name of a computer file (e.g., .txt, .docx, .md). The extension indicates a characteristic of the file contents or its intended use. A filename extension is typically delimited from the rest of the filename with a full stop (period), but in some systems it is separated with spaces. Other extension formats include dashes and/or underscores on early versions of Linux and some versions of IBM AIX.

Some file systems implement filename extensions as a feature of the file system itself and may limit the length and format of the extension, while others treat filename extensions as part of the filename without special distinction.