What does .pst stand for, what type of file is that?

Posted by jerothe in Windows / Computers      2 comments

Nov
24

A .pst file is a Microsoft Outlook file. It is usually located in your Documents and Settings > User > Microsoft > Outlook in the root. This file contains all of your personal entered information like contacts.

The abbreviation stands for “Personal Information Storage” but instead of making the acronym PIS, Microsoft went with PST instead.

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2 Comments to “What does .pst stand for, what type of file is that?”

• October 17, 2008 at 2:50 pm
  sunil says:

  PSt stand for Personal Storage.

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• October 17, 2008 at 7:03 pm
  Jeff Rothe says:

  @sunil:

  Thanks. I had actually included that in the post. I was more musing why the Acronym is not PSI, but they took the St from storage to make it up.

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