What is the difference between an html file and an htm file? 1

[thelordoftherings]

Hello,

What is the difference between an html file and an htm file?

 

[Vragabond]

None. htm is a remnant of the old PC filesystem that only permitted 3 characters for the extension. It is up to personal preference what you use, but you should use one consistently. I prefer html.

 

[thelordoftherings]

Which PC filesystem only permitted 3 characters for the extension and how old is it?

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

If you intend on transferring your source HTML files to an operating system that only supports 3 character extensions (such as MS-DOS), then use .htm. If not, then you are free to use whichever you choose, although it's become pretty much the standard these days to use .html.

Hope this helps,
Dan

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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

MS-DOS went the way of the dinosaur around 1995-1995, when Windows 95 came out.

Dan



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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

That should have read 1995-1996

Dan



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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Or more accurately, the 3-character limit on extensions went out of the window when Windows 95 came in. It still required MS-DOS as an underlying OS, AFAIK.

Dan



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[Vragabond]

Check here for more information, though no dates as such are given to when things changed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filename_extension