What is the difference between .html files and .htm?

[eyor]

I always save my files as .htm, but what is the difference between the two?

 

[Napalm381]

None. It's just a different extension.

 

[ltk007]

.html has an L at the end where as .htm does not
<---- captain obvious to the rescue

 

[Viper GTS]

No difference whatsoever, it's just a file extension.

Viper GTS

 

[eyor]

Well... that is pretty much what I thought.
Maybe I asked the wrong question... Let me try again:
Why are there two different extensions for HTML files?

 

[Damaged]

As I recall it was Netscape and the rest of the world at the time.

 

[StageLeft]

.html is what you want its hardcore baby, but otherwise its a mystery

 

[Namuna]

html vs. htm

Back in the days of Internet infancy some pages were designed for PCs (which use the 8.3 format), whereas some other systems use the 4 letter extension for whatever system that needed the 4 letter extension. So some pages would work, while others didn't because. But over time and browser updates, and integrations either way will work now on whatever systems.

Did that sound convincing?

 

[Elledan]

Back in the old days, .htm was the most common used extension for HTML files, due to the fact that simple (stupid ) OS's like DOS can't work with more than three-character extensions. This changed when more and more people started using better OS's (Linux, MacOS 8.x, 9.x, 10). Nowadays, even longer extensions are being used, like .phtml (PHP script pages) and .shtml (with SSI include tags).

 

[denali]

people who use unix tend to use .html people who use DOS/MS Windows tend to use .htm. HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language so .html only makes sense, however people using MS DOS are limited to 8.3 filenames and people using windows are limited to only one . in a file name. In unix you could have a filename a.b.c.d.e.f which you cannot do with an MS OS.

 

[fallenoncrack]

i'm with denali

 

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