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Noun: filename extension
  1. A string of characters beginning with a period and followed by one or more letters; the optional second part of a PC computer filename
    "most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"
    - extension, file name extension

Derived forms: file name extensions, filename extensions

Type of: string

Part of: computer file name, computer filename, file name, filename

Encyclopedia: Filename extension