English noun: file name extension | |||
1. | file name extension (communication) a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename | ||
Samples | Most applications provide extensions for the files they create. Most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS. | ||
Synonyms | extension, filename extension | ||
Broader (hypernym) | string | ||
Part meronym | computer file name, computer filename, file name, filename | ||