83

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  83
       adj : being three more than eighty [syn: {eighty-three}, {lxxxiii}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  8.3


       
           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)