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Files end in a "dot" and a two, three, or four letter file extension. The file extension tells you what type of file it is, what program uses that extension, and is used by your operating system to launch the appropriate program. Y Z $ ~ 0 1 2 3 4 8 9 FTP
- $ -$$A - PROGRAM NAME: OS/2 $$F - Database file PROGRAM NAME: OS/2 $$P - Notes PROGRAM NAME: OS/2 $$S - Spreadsheet file PROGRAM NAME: PMSPREAD OS/2 $D$ - Planner file PROGRAM NAME: OS/2 $DB - Temporary File PROGRAM NAME: DBASE IV $ED - Temporary Editor file PROGRAM NAME: MS C $VM - Temporary File from Virtual Managers PROGRAM NAME: MS WINDOWS Back to Top- ~ -~MN - Menu Backup PROGRAM NAME: NORTON COMMANDER Back to Top- 0 -085 - 85x85 dpi screen characters PROGRAM NAME: VENTURA PUBLISHER 091 - 91x91 dpi screen characters PROGRAM NAME: VENTURA PUBLISHER 096 - 96x96 dpi screen characters PROGRAM NAME: VENTURA PUBLISHER 0B - Printer Font LineDraw enhanced characters PROGRAM NAME: PAGEMAKER Back to Top- 1 -1ST - ASCII Text, Program Information STANDARD FORMAT: README.1ST Back to Top- 2 -2GR - Screen Grabber EGA/VGA Mode, allows Windows to display text and graphics in standard mode on a 286 or 386 computer PROGRAM NAME: MS WINDOWS Back to Top- 3 -386 - Driver 386 Enhanced Mode Swap file. Enables computer running in enhanced mode to use Windows with virtual memory. PROGRAM NAME: MS WINDOWS 3DS - Graphic PROGRAM NAME: 3D STUDIO 3FX - 3-D Effect PROGRAM NAME: COREL CHART 3GR - Screen Grabber SVGA/XVGA Mode, allows Windows to display text and graphics in enhanced mode on a 386, 486, or Pentium computer. PROGRAM NAME: MS WINDOWS Back to Top- 4 -4TH - FORTH Program File PROGRAM NAME: FORTH CMP Back to Top- 8 -8M - Printer Font Math 8 enhanced characters PROGRAM NAME: PAGEMAKER 8U - Printer Font Roman 8 enhanced characters PROGRAM NAME: PAGEMAKER Back to Top- 9 -Back to Top- FTP -.txt - Plain text. .htm and .html - HTML text documents. .jpg and .gif - Types of image files. .wav, .au, .snd - Types of sound files. .zip - PC compressed file archive. .sea and .sit - Macintosh compressed file archives. .hqx, .mme, .uue, .bin - Various file encoding methods. If you download a file named oceansounds.zip.uue, you know that the file has been UUencoded and made into a zip archive, which means that you have to Uudecode it and "unzip" the archive. File extensions also help your FTP client or Web browser figure this out, so it can process the files automatically.
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