Found 6 file types for the .COM file extension
This page describes: Command executable file
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Software that works with com file extension
File extension COM - Command executable file
File type specification:
Email attachment blocked file type
Dangerous and malicious file type
com file icon: 
What is COM file extension:
The file name extension .com has been used in various computer systems for different purposes. Originally, the term stood for "Command file" and was a text file containing commands to be issued to the operating system. This was the practice on many of the Digital Equipment Corporation mini and mainframe computer systems going back to the 1970s.
With the introduction of microcomputers this use of files ending with the extension .com changed. In MS-DOS and compatible DOSes, and in 8-bit CP/M, a COM file is a simple type of executable file. The name of the file format is derived from the file name extension .com (not to be confused with the .com top-level domain), which was originally the extension used for such files. However there is no actual association between the file format and the file name extension in any but CP/M and very early versions of MS-DOS.
Mime: application/x-msdos-program Mime: application/x-msdownload
The default software that works with com file format:
Company or developer:
Microsoft Corporation
MS-DOS (short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system commercialized by Microsoft. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems and was the dominant operating system for computers during the 1980s
List of recommended software associated to the .com file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, Mac OS X etc.) and possible program actions
that can be done with the file: like open com file, edit com file, convert com file, view com file, play com file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
- Others com file
Unspecified and all other actions for computer programs working with com file - Command executable file
Click on the software link for more information about MS-DOS. MS-DOS uses com file type for its internal purposes and/or also by different way than common edit or open file actions (eg. to install/execute/support an application itself, to store application or user data, configure program etc.).
Microsoft MS-DOS platform:
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