File Extension Library


.IO File Extension

  • Category: Source code and script Files

What are .IO files and how to open them?

Can't open .IO file? Are you wondering what it contains? On our site we will explain to you what this file is, what it is used for and what software opens the .IO file.

What is a .IO file extension?

.IO file extension has been classified as Source code and script Files.

.IO is Modula-3 object

The io file extension is associated with the Modula-3, a programming language. The io file stores objects.

Modula-3 is used in research circles (influencing the designs of languages such as Java, C#, and Python) it has not been adopted widely in industry.

It was designed by Luca Cardelli, Jim Donahue, Mick Jordan, Bill Kalsow and Greg Nelson at the Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) Systems Research Center (SRC) and Olivetti in the late 1980s.

.IO file format is deprecated and this file format is no longer supported.

Currently, .IO file type is not actively used and is obsolete. This usually happens with system files in older operating systems, files from long-discontinued software, or with previous versions of some file types (documents, projects, images, etc.) that were replaced in later versions of the original programs.


How to open:

You cannot access these files manually.

How to convert:

There is probably no real way how you can convert this particular file type to anything else.

How to fix problems with .IO files

  1. You need to update the application that you normally use to open .IO files. Only the latest version of the software supports the current .IO file format
  2. You need to check the .IO file for viruses. To do this, you need to scan it with a popular antivirus (Norton, Nod32, Kaspersky, Dr.Web, etc.)