@HesterJun 25.2003 — #I'd say it's still the [i]filename[/i]. In Windows, if you choose to show files without the extensions, they are still the filenames.
@cyberadeJun 25.2003 — #I think I'd have to agree with Hester (but not for the same reasons), the correct terminology is [I]filename[/I] .
In your example [I]txt[/I] is used to extend the filename in an attempt to categorise the use of the file it describes.
The correct terminology for [I]txt[/I] is the [I]filename extension[/I] ( as opposed to just 'extension').
I understand the problem though, you can refer to an entity called the filename extension and know that you're referring to the dot and characters following it at the end of the filename.
To refer to [I]just[/I] the first bit you have to say the 'filename without the filename extension' - mmm, not good.
Does anybody else know differently?
Perhaps we should invent some terminology - how about the 'filename root'? (Yuck! I've been working on Unix for far to long!)