Windows batch files: .bat vs .cmd?

Question

As I understand it, .bat is the old 16-bit naming convention, and .cmd is for 32-bit Windows, i.e., starting with NT. But I continue to see .bat fi

Answer 1

a difference:

.cmd files are loaded into memory before being executed. .bat files execute a line, read the next line, execute that line...

you can come across this when you execute a script file and then edit it before it's done executing. bat files will be messed up by this, but cmd files won't.