8.3

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8.3 - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  8.3
  
     <file system, filename extension> A common shorthand for the
     limits on filename length imposed by the file system used by
     MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows - at most eight characters,
     followed by a ".", followed by a filename extension of at
     most three characters.
  
     Windows 95 supports long filenames by using multiple
     directory entries per file.  The extra entries are hidden.  It
     also automatically derives an 8.3 name for each file for
     backward compatibility so that older versions of DOS can
     still access the file.
  
     (1998-10-05)