| 'Snooze |
Fidonews, the weekly online newsletter of FidoNet.
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| <:o) |
A clown emoticon
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| (c) |
An ASCII version of the circled c used as a copyright symbol. Unfortunately, (c) is not legally valid. The c must be circled completely, or the word (copyright) must be spelled out in full.
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| -endian |
A suffix indicating the ordering of bytes in a multi-byte number, as in big-endian, little-endian, or middle-endian.
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| .A3L |
MacroMedia Authorware Windows Library (filename extension).
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| .arts |
An ending of an address for a cultural site on the Internet. Example: http://www.renaissance.arts.
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| .cnt |
Means: contents. It is a Windows file holding "table of contents" information.
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| .CRT |
Certificate (filename extension).
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| .FLR |
Folder (file name extension).
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| .gid |
Global Index File. It is created by Windows once a help file is used for the first time. It serves as an index reference for the help system thereafter.
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| .idx |
The extension used for an IDX (index file). Index files are not intended to be a readable file, but are used in conjunction with MBX (multi-index) files.
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| .info |
An ending of an address for an Internet site that offers information services. Example: http://www.travelers.info.
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| .net |
A top-level Internet domain name, short for .network.
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| .NET |
Microsoft's framework for Web services and component software, introduced in 2000 and pronounced "dot-net."
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| .newsrc |
(news run commands) A file that specifies the configuration for the UNIX rn newsreader.
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| .pac |
Atari STAD bitmap image 2.Proxy AutoConfig. 3.SBStudio II package or song
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| .PDF |
The file extension for a Portable Document Format file. Portable Document Format was designed by Adobe Systems, Inc. In order to view a .pdf file the user will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, a freeware product available for download via the Web.
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| .ptm |
Polynomial texture map file format.
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| .PWL |
Password List. Extension used by Microsoft for a database file which holds cached password information.
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| .rec |
An ending of an address for an Internet site that is recreational. Example: http://www.games.rec.
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| .SWF |
ShockWave Flash. A file format (pronounced 'swiff') designed to deliver graphics and animation over the Internet.
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| .swf |
shockwave file extension
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| .swf |
shockwave file extension
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| .twmrc |
Tab Window Manager run commands; configuration file (filename extension).
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| 100Base-T |
A high-speed local area network, also called Fast Ethernet. 100BaseT transmits at 100 megabits per second.
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