Lesson 5 Outcomes:
Lesson 5 Outcomes:
▪ Explain what is meant by "file types"
▪ Identify 9 different file types and their associated icons.
💻5.1. What are file types?
💻5.1. What are file types?
◾Windows identifies a file type by its extension, which is everything after the last dot in the filename. Usually it is a 3 or 4 character acronym. Using the file extension, Windows knows the file type and decides which program will open that file
