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Overlay file
File type: System file
Files with ov5 extension were used by MS-DOS as some overlay files.
File type category:
System file
Date updated: September 12, 2017
The ov5 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 ov5 extension.
Files with ov5 extension are not convertable.
Software applications that handle other tasks involving ov5 files:
Microsoft MS-DOS