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Understanding DOC in Computing

The DOC file extension originally referred to documentation files in plain text format across different operating systems, but it became commonly associated with Microsoft Word document files. WordPerfect also used the DOC extension for its proprietary format during the 1980s. Microsoft Word later adopted DOC in 1983 for its own binary file format documents, though plain text documentation uses of DOC have now disappeared from PCs.

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Understanding DOC in Computing

The DOC file extension originally referred to documentation files in plain text format across different operating systems, but it became commonly associated with Microsoft Word document files. WordPerfect also used the DOC extension for its proprietary format during the 1980s. Microsoft Word later adopted DOC in 1983 for its own binary file format documents, though plain text documentation uses of DOC have now disappeared from PCs.

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In computing, DOC or doc (an abbreviation of 'document') is a filename extension for word

processing documents, most commonly in the proprietary Microsoft Word Binary File Format.[4]
Historically, the extension was used for documentation in plain text, particularly of programs or
computer hardware on a wide range of operating systems. During the 1980s, WordPerfect used
DOC as the extension of their proprietary format. Later, in 1983, Microsoft chose to use the
DOC extension for their proprietary Microsoft Word format. These uses for the extension have
largely disappeared from the PC world.

Contents

1 Microsoft Word Binary File Format


o 1.1 Application support
o 1.2 Specification

2 Other file formats

3 See also

4 References

5 External links

Microsoft Word Binary File Form

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