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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 1 day ago

remember when windows could only handle 8 characters and longer names ended in ~1

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 26 points 1 day ago

To be precise, longer names ending with ~1 are a backwards compatible fix for DOS programs introduced after Windows started supporting longer filenames.

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