file name extension

Definitions of file name extension
  1. noun
    a string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
    synonyms: extension, filename extension
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    type of:
    string
    a linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases)
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