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Things like ( .doc .exe .jpg .gif .xls ) are called file extensions. They tell the operating system which program to use in order to read/understand the data contained in the file. For instance if you were to try to open a file named "My_term_paper.doc" the computer would see the .doc and know to open your chosen word processing program.

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