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Filename extension Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Filename extension has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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 applications provide extensions for the files they create"

"most BASIC files use the filename extension .BAS"

2

A file extension.

See Also
file extension filename extensions
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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