8.3 filename
FILENAME CONVENTION USED BY OLD VERSIONS OF DOS AND WINDOWS
8.3 (computing); 8.3 names; Short file names; 8.3; Short filename; 8.3 file name; BASENAME.EXT; Micros~1; Short file name
An 8.3 filename (also called a short filename or SFN) is a filename convention used by old versions of DOS and versions of Microsoft Windows prior to Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.