DOC (computing) |
In Computing, DOC or doc (short for document ) is a common file extension, traditionally used for documentation in plain text file format, particularly of programs or computer hardware, on a wide range of operating systems. During the 1990s, Microsoft appropriated the popular DOC extension for their Microsoft Word wordprocessing formats. In consequence, the former uses for the extension have largely disappeared from the Personal computer world.
Proprietary DOC files often contain more text formatting information (as well as script (computer programming)s and undo information) than files using other document file formats like Rich Text Format and HyperText Markup Language, but are usually less widely compatibility.
On the Palm OS, DOC is shorthand for PalmDoc, a completely unrelated format used to encode text files such as ebooks.
== Programs/Converters ==
== Alternatives ==
=Etymology=
doc is an abbreviation of document.
= External links =
*[http://www.goldmark.org/netrants/no-word/attach.html MS-Word (DOC) is not a document exchange format] *[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html No Word Attachments] - the GNU project s thoughts regarding the use of Word s .DOC format to distribute text.|
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