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Our personal computer needs to know how to access specified files and ascertain what programs they are affiliated with. That is precisely what a file extension is for!

To determine which software to open a file with, your system starts by collecting the necessary information from the files extension. A files extension holds tips to the data format of the file and what kind of data it carries. Some of the more common file extensions include .exe for executables, .mp3 for audio, and .doc for documents. You might already be familiar with these general extensions but with the always developing library of software and operating systems there are much more that you may have never seen.

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