file extension

English

Noun

file extension (plural file extensions)

1. A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it.

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

Synonyms

• filename extension, filename suffix

Related terms

• 8.3

Translations

string of characters

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 副檔名／副档名 (fu³ dong² ming⁴)

  Mandarin: 擴展名／扩展名 (kuòzhǎnmíng) (mainland China), 文件擴展名／文件扩展名 (wénjiàn kuòzhǎnmíng) (mainland China), 副檔名／副档名 (fùdǎngmíng, fùdàngmíng) (Taiwan), 延伸檔名／延伸档名 (yánshēn dǎngmíng, yánshēn dàngmíng) (Taiwan), 後綴名／后缀名 (hòuzhuìmíng) (mainland China)

• Czech: koncovka souboru f, přípona souboru f
• Danish: filtype, filendelse c
• Dutch: bestandsextensie
• Finnish: tiedostopääte
• French: extension de fichier
• German: Dateiendung
• Greek: επέκταση ονόματος αρχείου (el) n (epéktasi onómatos archeíou), επέκταση αρχείου (el) n (epéktasi archeíou)
• Hungarian: fájlkiterjesztés
• Italian: estensione di nome di schedario
• Japanese: 拡張子 (ja) (かくちょうし kakuchōshi)
• Kazakh: файл атауының кеңейтімі (fail atauynyñ keñeitımı)
• Korean: 확장자(擴張子) (hwakjangja), 확장명(擴張名) (ko) (hwakjangmyeong)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: filetternavn n, filendelse m, filnavnsuffiks n

  Nynorsk: filetternavn n, filending f, filnavnsuffiks n

• Polish: rozszerzenie (pl)
• Portuguese: extensão (pt) f
• Russian: дополне́ние к файлу (dopolnénije k fajlu)
• Spanish: extensión de archivo
• Swedish: filändelse c, filsuffix n