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File extension or filename suffix usually three, four or more characters at the end of computer file names divided by a dot.
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File extension or filename suffix usually three, four or more characters at the end of computer file names divided by a dot. File extensions are useful to computer programs and operating systems like Windows or OS X, and basically telling them, what kind of data and file type they are working with and what associated program opens this file.
Text files • .doc Microsoft Word Document (pre 2007) • .docx Microsoft Word XML Open Document • .odt Open Document /Text Document • .pages Pages Document • .rtf Rich Text File Format
Data Files • .pps Power Point Slide Show • .ppt Power Point Slide Presentation • .pptx PowerPoint Open XML Presentation
Image Files • .bmp Bitmap • .gif Graphic Interchange format • .jpg JPEG image • .png Portable network graphic • .pdf Portable document file** ***commonly used for e-mail attachments or for saving publications in a standard format for viewing on multiple computers; usually created from another document instead of from scratch.