FILENAME EXTENSION

Specialty Definition: FILENAME EXTENSION

Domain	Definition
Computing	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. 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. Compare: MIME type. Tony Warr's comprehensive list (http://camalott.com/~rebma/filex.html). FAQS.org Graphics formats (http://www.faqs.org/faqs/graphics/fileformats-faq/). (2000-08-02). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: FILENAME EXTENSION

Specialty definitions using "FILENAME EXTENSION": 8.3 ♦ ColdFusion ♦ dwg ♦ file extension, file type ♦ global index, gzip ♦ Interchange File Format ♦ lha, lhs, lhz, linker, Lotus 1-2-3 ♦ MPEG-1 audio layer 3, MPG ♦ pcx ♦ Screen Peace, server-parsed HTML, SPX ♦ tgz ♦ VBX, Virtual Device Driver ♦ wk1, wmf ♦ xbm. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FILENAME EXTENSION

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
filename extension	17
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FILENAME EXTENSION

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 49 4C 45 4E 41 4D 45 45 58 54 45 4E 53 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01001001 01001100 01000101 01001110 01000001 01001101 01000101 00100000 01000101 01011000 01010100 01000101 01001110 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#73 &#76 &#69 &#78 &#65 &#77 &#69 &#32 &#69 &#88 &#84 &#69 &#78 &#83 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0049 004C 0045 004E 0041 004D 0045 0045 0058 0054 0045 004E 0053 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40434639483547392395854394853434948

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography