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FILENAME EXTENSION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does filename extension mean?
• FILENAME EXTENSION (noun)
The noun FILENAME EXTENSION has 1 sense:
1. a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
Familiarity information: FILENAME EXTENSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
extension; file name extension; filename extension
Context example:
most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS
Hypernyms ("filename extension" is a kind of...):
string (a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.))
Holonyms ("filename extension" is a part of...):
computer file name; computer filename; file name; filename ((computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file)
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