8.3 filenames

  1. Windows 11 8.3 Filenames: Why DOWNLO~1 Aliases Still Exist

    Windows file extensions still cluster around three letters because DOS popularized the 8.3 naming convention on the IBM PC in August 1981, inheriting an eight-character base name and three-character type from CP/M while fitting each file’s metadata into a compact 32-byte directory entry designed...
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