Found 2 records for the .OV2 file extension name
There are 1 other file type using the OV2 file extension:
.ov2 - TomTom Navigator point of interest file
.gadget - Windows sidebar gadget file
.DS_Store - Macintosh OS X Folder Information
.shs - Microsoft Windows 95/98 clipboard
.sfcache - ReadyBoost cache file
.pf - Windows prefetch file
.ocx - ActiveX control file
.msp - Windows Installer patch file
.pcf - Microsoft Source Profiler profiler command file
file extension OV2 - Overlay file
.OV2File extension OV2 description:
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.
Part of program to be loaded when needed.
Associated applications to file extension OV2:
Company / 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. It was based on the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. It was gradually replaced on consumer desktop computers by operating systems offering a graphical user interface (GUI), in particular by various generations of the Microsoft Windows operating system. It was originally known as QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) and 86-DOS.
MS-DOS was originally released in 1981 and had eight major versions released before Microsoft stopped development in 2000. It was the key product in Microsoft's growth from a programming languages company to a diverse software development firm, providing the company with essential revenue and marketing resources. It was also the underlying basic operating system on which early versions of Windows ran as a GUI.