file extension

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Noun

file extension (plural file extensions)

1. A short series of letters and/or numerals at the end of a personal computer filename, used to indicate the type of file and the software that will be required to operate or open it.

   A text file will have a file extension of .txt.

Synonyms

• filename extension

Related terms

• 8.3

Translations

string of characters

• Chinese: 文件扩展名 (wenjian kuozhan ming)
• Czech: koncovka souboru (cs) f, přípona souboru (cs) f
• Danish: filtype
• Dutch: bestandsextensie
• Finnish: tiedostopääte
• French: extension de fichier
• German: Dateiendung (de)

• Italian: estensione di nome di schedario
• Japanese: 拡張子 (かくちょうし kakuchōshi)
• Polish: rozszerzenie
• Portuguese: extensão do nome de ficheiro
• Russian: дополнение к файлу (dopolneniye k faylu)
• Spanish: extensión de archivo