PAGE FILE EXTENSION
Generally three or four letter codes on the end of file names that tell computers (either desktop or servers) what program to use to open a given file.
MS Word documents, for example, have the extension .doc and when you click on a file on your computer that ends in .doc (and assuming your PC is Windows-based) your PC will open this file with MS Word.
On the Internet, there are also a number of file extensions that are commonly found, such as:
.html , .htm or .shtml - Open HTML documents in your browser window.
.php - Opens PHP documents (such as those driving this site) in your browser window.
.swf - AbodeFlash files that run in your browser.
Assuming the server hosting the site you are visiting isn't re-writing URLs (e.g. to make dynamic URLs more search engine friendly), you should see the file extension at the end of the URL. For example:
http://www.searchenginewiki.com/index.shtml
will take you to the homepage of this site and the file extension is ".shtml"
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