.LIT File Extension

Electronic version of a book or other publication saved in the Microsoft LIT format; includes digital rights management (DRM) information, which protects copyrights by limiting the systems each book can be read on.

LIT files use Microsoft ClearType technology to improve readability.

Source code of a program written in the Haskell programming language with literate formatting; similar to a standard Haskell Script (.HS file), but includes commentary, where only lines starting with ">" are considered to be program code.

More commonly seen with a .LHS extension.

Source code file written in the Lit, a high-level, general purpose programming language; can be edited with any plain text editor.