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Overlay file
File type: System file
Files with ov1 extension were used by MS-DOS overlay files.
File type category:
System file
Date updated: August 31, 2017
The ov1 file extension is associated with MS-DOS overlay files. When running in a 640K MS-DOS machine, all program code may not fit into available memory at the same time. To overcome this memory limitation, most large programs use overlays. An overlay is a portion of the program code that shares memory for its code with other code modules. (part of program to be loaded when needed), program code for DOS.
It is not possible to open files with ov1 extension.
Files with ov1 extension are not convertable.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ov1 files:
Microsoft MS-DOS