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`.cc`

2 claimants 1 primary 1 secondary unambiguous primary

SWH popularity

From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.

30.8M

total occurrences

8.0M

since 2019 (26.0%)

1970–2023

years active

Case variants in archive: .cc (30.8M), .CC (7.7K), .cC (18), .Cc (4) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to C++ as primary by 1 authoritative claim.

Authoritative sources: △ Linguist · secondary △ Pygments · secondary ✓ Wikidata · Q2407 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim

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Claimants (4)

Languages that list .cc among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.

Language	Source	Strength
C++	wikidata	primary
C++	linguist	secondary
C++	pygments	secondary
cpp	pygments	secondary

Wikidata says… (2)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .cc on Wikidata (property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox. Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv. Click Use as new PL on any row to open the Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.

Right entry isn't listed? Add manually ↗

Format	Class (Wikidata `P31`)	Suggested label	MIME	Notes	Action
class implementation file Q5128020 file containing source code that implements methods declared in a corresponding header file		—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
C++ source code file Q111417227 file format	file format	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (2)

Real archived programs with this extension, byte-verified against the SWH archive. Useful for deciding what this extension actually is when the attribution is uncertain.

memory_details_linux.cc · 4401 B · seen 51041× in SWH

predicted: unclassified via fallback

swh:1:cnt:7f699d1e71269071805d76fe3048e84ad696cd30;origin=https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src.next;anchor=swh:1:rev:b2a61e552c940b89d2ae504de720832780f4e7ea;path=/chrome/browser/memory_details_linux.cc

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chrome_origin_trials_browsertest.cc · 6466 B · seen 24045× in SWH

predicted: unclassified via fallback

swh:1:cnt:32302aa8ac24ac5d0253b02054597f70a5aaa8ff;origin=https://github.com/kiwibrowser/src.next;anchor=swh:1:rev:b2a61e552c940b89d2ae504de720832780f4e7ea;path=/chrome/browser/chrome_origin_trials_browsertest.cc

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