Doc (computing)
Icon as used in Microsoft Word 9.0 and 2002 | |
| Filename extension |
doc |
|---|---|
| Internet media type |
application/msword |
| Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) | com.microsoft.word.doc |
| Developed by | Microsoft |
| Latest release | 12.0 20 August 2024 |
| Type of format | document file format |
| Container for | Text, Image,Table |
| Extended from | Compound File Binary Format (since 97) |
| Extended to | Microsoft Office XML formats, Office Open XML |
| Open format? | Yes |
.doc (an abbreviation of "document") is a filename extension used for word processing documents stored on Microsoft's proprietary Microsoft Word Binary File Format; it was the primary format for Microsoft Word until the 2007 version replaced it with Office Open XML .docx files. Microsoft has used the extension since 1983.