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short file name

short file name is the alternative form of short filename.

Meaning of short filename

Noun

short filename (plural short filenames)

  1. A legacy filename format with up to eight characters for the basename, plus an optional three-character extension.
    Synonyms:
    8.3 filename, SFN
    Antonyms:
    long filename

Forms of short file name

pluralshort file names

Questions about short file name

What is short file name the alternative form of?
Short file name is the alternative form of short filename.

Words near short file name in the dictionary

  1. short esses
  2. short exact sequence
  3. short exact sequences
  4. short eyes
  5. short fetched
  6. short file name
  7. short file names
  8. short filename
  9. short filenames
  10. short film
  11. short films

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short file name (page history and authors); short filename (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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