FILE NAME EXTENSION
Dictionary entry overview: What does file name extension mean?
• FILE NAME EXTENSION (noun)
The noun FILE NAME EXTENSION has 1 sense:
1. a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
Familiarity information: FILE NAME EXTENSION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FILE NAME EXTENSION (noun)
Meaning:
A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one to three letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
file name extension; filename extension; extension
Context examples:
most applications provide extensions for the files they create / most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS
Hypernyms ("file name extension" is a kind of...):
string (a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases))
Holonyms ("file name 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)
