| .$$$ |
Temporary file |
| .2GR |
A file that allows Windows
to display text and graphics in standard mode on a 286 or 386 computer
(filename extension). |
| .386 |
Swap file; enables computer
running in enhanced mode to use Windows with virtual memory (filename
extension). |
| .3GR |
A file that allows Windows
to display text and graphics in enhanced mode on a 386, 486, or Pentium
computer (filename extension). |
| .906 |
Calcomp plotter |
| .A3W |
MacroMedia Authorware Windows
3.5 (filename extension). |
| .ABK |
AutoBackup, Corel Draw
(filename extension). |
| .ABR |
Brush - Adobe Photoshop
(filename extension). |
| .ACL |
Keyboard accelerator, Corel
Draw 6 (filename extension). |
| .ACM |
Windows system directory
file (filename extension). |
| .ACV |
Drivers for compressing
or decompressing audio files, OS/2 (filename extension). |
| .AD |
After Dark |
| .ADB |
1. Appointment DataBase,
HP 100LX (filename extension). 2. Body file type, Ada language (filename
extension). |
| .ADD |
Adapter Driver - OS/2 (filename
extension). |
| .ADM |
AfterDark MultiModule (filename
extension). |
| .ADR |
AfterDark Randomizer (filename
extension). AfterDark is a screensaver program that can be set to
randomly display a variety of screensaver patterns one after another. |
| .ADS |
Specification file type,
Ada language (filename extension). |
| .AFM |
Adobe Font Metrics - Type
1 font metrics (filename extension). |
| .AG4 |
Access G4 |
| .AI |
Adobe Illustrator |
| .AIF |
Audio Interchange File
Format or AIFF (filename extension). A format developed by Apple Computer
for storing high-quality sampled audio and musical instrument information.
It can be played on PC and Mac. |
| .aiff |
Audio Interchange File
Format. An uncompressed sound format developed by Apple Computer for
storing high-quality sampled audio and musical instrument information.
It can be played on PC and Mac, using QuickTime or Sound Player. |
| .ALL |
Arts and Letters Library
(filename extension). |
| .ANI |
Animated cursor (filename
extension). |
| .ANS |
ANSI text (filename extension). |
| .API |
Application Program Interface
(filename extension). An interface between the operating system and
application programs. |
| .APP |
MacroMedia Authorware package
(filename extension). |
| .ARC |
ARC or ARC+ compressed |
| .arj |
A PC compressed format
found on European sites (filename extension), which can be decoded
with unArjMac, DeArj, and SITEX10.EXE (win). |
| .ART |
An art file, in some draw
or paint applications (filename extension). |
| .ASC |
ASCII text file |
| .ASF |
Active Streaming File -
HoTMetaL Pro (filename extension). |
| .ASM |
Assembly Source Code |
| .ASP |
Active Server Page - Microsoft
(filename extension). |
| .AST |
Assistant file - Claris
Works (filename extension). Assistants guide the user through a task
by asking a series of questions and then use the answers to perform
a task. Assistants in Claris Works can be used to create such useful
items as calendars, newsletters, stationery, labels, and address lists,
to make footnotes within a file, to find documents, etc. |
| .ATT |
AT&T |
| .AU |
A sound file format used
on Sun Microsystems or other UNIX computers |
| .AVI |
AVI movie format |
| .AVS |
Intel video capture format
(filename extension). |
| .b64 |
Base 64 (filename extension),
the encoding format used by the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. |
| .BAK |
Backup copy in DOS or OS/2 |
| .BAS |
BASIC program file |
| .BAT |
Batch |
| .BFC |
Briefcase document - Windows
95 (filename extension). |
| .BG |
Backgammon game (filename
extension). |
| .BI |
Binary file (filename extension). |
| .BIN |
Driver |
| .bin |
A MacBinary II encoded
file (filename extension). This file type, downloaded as MacBinary
or Binary, can be decompressed with Stuffit Expander. |
| .BK |
Backup copy |
| .BK$ |
Backup file (filename extension). |
| .BLT |
Wordperfect for DOS (filename
extension). |
| .BMP |
Bitmap |
| .BNK |
Sim City game file (filename
extension). |
| .BRX |
Browse Index (filename
extension). Found on multimedia CD-ROMs. |
| .BTM |
Batch file - Norton Utilities
(filename extension). |
| .C |
C program file |
| .CAB |
Microsoft compressed format |
| .CAL |
Calendar or CALS |
| .CAP |
Caption |
| .CBT |
Computer-Based Training;
a tutorial file (filename extension). |
| .CCH |
Corel chart (filename extension). |
| .CCM |
Lotus cc:Mail (filename
extension). |
| .CDA |
CD Audio track (filename
extension). |
| .CDR |
CorelDraw |
| .CDT |
Corel Draw template (filename
extension). |
| .CDX |
Corel Draw compressed file
(file extension). |
| .CDX |
Visual FoxPro database
index (filename extension). |
| .CFB |
Compton's multimedia encyclopedia
(filename extension). |
| .CFG |
Configuration |
| .CFL |
Corel Flow (filename extension). |
| .CGI |
Common Gateway Interface
(filename extension). A file that makes it possible for HTTP servers
to interface with computer programs to provide interactive functions
like fill-out forms. |
| .CGM |
CGM graphics |
| .CHK |
Checkdisk - DOS |
| .CHP |
Chapter - Ventura |
| .CIF |
Chapter Information - Venture |
| .CIM |
Sim City file (filename
extension). |
| .CIT |
Intergraph scanned image |
| .CLP |
Clipboard |
| .CMD |
Command file -- OS/2 |
| .CMF |
Corel MetaFile (filename
extension). |
| .CMF |
SoundBlaster file (filename
extension). |
| .CMP |
LEAD Technologies graphics |
| .CMV |
Corel Move animation (filename
extension). |
| .CNF |
Configuration file (filename
extension). |
| .CNQ |
Compuworks Design Shop
(filename extension). |
| .COB |
COBOL source code |
| .COM |
Command file - small version
of .EXE |
| .CPE |
Fax Cover document (filename
extension). |
| .CPI |
Code Page - DOS |
| .CPL |
Control Panel - Windows |
| .CPP |
C++ program file |
| .CPR |
Knowledge Access graphics |
| .CPT |
Compact Pro |
| .CPX |
Corel Presentation Exchange
compressed file (filename extension). |
| .CRD |
Windows Cardfile (filename
extension). |
| .CSC |
Corel Script (filename
extension). |
| .CSS |
Cascading Style Sheet (filename
extension). |
| .CSV |
Comma delimited |
| .CTL |
Control file (filename
extension). |
| .CTY |
City file - SimCity (filename
extension). |
| .CUR |
Windows cursor image |
| .CUT |
Dr. Halo graphics |
| .CV |
Microsoft CodeView (filename
extension). |
| .CWK |
Claris Works (filename
extension). |
| .CWS |
Claris Works template (filename
extension). |
| .DAT |
Data |
| .DB |
Table - Paradox |
| .DBC |
Visual FoxPro database
(filename extension). |
| .DBF |
Database File - dBASE |
| .DBT |
Database text - dBASE |
| .DBX |
DATABEAM graphics |
| .DCA |
IBM text |
| .DCS |
Color Separation - EPS |
| .DCT |
Dictionary |
| .DD |
Disk Doubler |
| .DDI |
Disk Doubler Image (filename
extension). |
| .DEF |
Definition - C++ (filename
extension). |
| .DER |
Certificate (filename extension). |
| .DEV |
Device driver file (filename
extension). |
| .DG |
Autotrol graphics |
| .DGN |
Intergraph graphics |
| .DIB |
DIB graphics - Windows |
| .DIC |
Dictionary |
| .DIF |
Data Interchange Format
spreadsheet |
| .DLL |
Dynamic link library |
| .DOC |
Document file |
| .DOT |
Document Template - Microsoft
Word (filename extension). |
| .DOX |
MultiMate document |
| .DPI |
Dots Per Inch - graphics |
| .DPR |
Delphi project file (filename
extension). |
| .DRV |
Driver |
| .DRW |
Designer graphics |
| .DS4 |
Designer graphics, version
4 |
| .DSF |
Designer graphics, version
6 |
| .DWG |
AutoCAD vector format |
| .DWG |
Drawing - AutoCAD (filename
extension). |
| .DX |
Document Imaging |
| .DXF |
AutoCAD vector format |
| .ED5 |
EDMICS graphics |
| .EMF |
Enhanced Windows Metafile
(filename extension). |
| .eml |
electronic mail |
| .enc |
encoded |
| .EPS |
Encapsulated PostScript
format |
| .ESI |
Esri plot file |
| .EXE |
Executable file -- machine
code |
| .FAX |
Fax |
| .FDX |
Force Index |
| .FH3 |
Aldus Freehand 3 (filename
extension). |
| .FLC |
AutoDesk animation |
| .FLD |
Thumbnail folder - Hijaak |
| .FLI |
AutoDesk animation |
| .FLR |
Live3D (filename extension). |
| .FLT |
Filter - graphics conversion |
| .FM |
Framemaker (filename extension). |
| .FM3 |
Format for 1-2-3 Version
3 |
| .FMT |
Format - dBASE |
| .FNT |
Font |
| .FOG |
Fontographer font (filename
extension). |
| .FON |
1. Bitmapped Font - Windows
2. Phone |
| .FOR |
FORTRAN |
| .FOT |
Windows TrueType font |
| .FOX |
FoxBase |
| .FP |
Claris FileMaker Pro (filename
extension). |
| .FP1 |
Flying Pigs (filename extension). |
| .FP3 |
Filemaker Pro 3 |
| .FPX |
FlashPix bitmap (filename
extension). |
| .FRM |
Form design -- Visual Basic |
| .FRS |
WordPerfect Graphics Driver |
| .G4 |
GTX RasterCAD |
| .GCA |
GOCA graphics |
| .GED |
Arts & Letters graphics |
| .GEM |
GEM graphics |
| .GEO |
VideoScope (filename extension). |
| .GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format |
| .GLY |
Glossary |
| .GP3 |
CCITT compressed Group
3 TIFF file (filename extension). |
| .GP4 |
Group 4 - CALS, ITU (filename
extension). CCITT compressed Group 4 TIFF file. |
| .GRA |
Microsoft Graph (filename
extension). |
| .GRF |
Graph |
| .GRP |
Group |
| .GX1 |
Show Partner graphics |
| .GX2 |
Show Partner graphics |
| .GZ |
GNU gzip compressed file
- Unix |
| .H |
Header (filename extension
-- C). |
| .HDF |
Hierarchical Data File |
| .HED |
HighEdit document (filename
extension). |
| .HEL |
Microsoft Hellbender game
file (filename extension). |
| .HGL |
HP Graphics Language (filename
extension). |
| .HLP |
Help |
| .HPJ |
Help Project - Visual Basic
(filename extension). |
| .HPL |
HP Graphics |
| .HQX |
BinHex (filename extension
-- Macintosh). |
| .HST |
Host |
| .HT |
HyperTerminal (filename
extension). |
| .htm |
DOS filename extension
for a document with HTML coding, which can be read by WWW browsers. |
| .html |
Filename extension for
a document with HTML coding, which can be read by WWW browsers. |
| .HWP |
Hangul Word Processor (filename
extension). |
| .HYC |
Hyphenation - WordPerfect |
| .HYP |
Hyphenation |
| .ICA |
IOCA graphics |
| .ICB |
Targa bitmap (filename
extension). |
| .ICM |
Image Colour Matching (filename
extension). |
| .ICO |
Icon - Windows or OS/2 |
| .ICON |
Sun icon and cursor |
| .IDD |
Instrument Definition -
MIDI (filename extension). |
| .IDE |
Integrated Development
Environment configuration (filename extension) |
| .IDX |
Index |
| .IFF |
Amiga |
| .IGF |
Inset Systems graphics
- Hijaak |
| .IIF |
Interchange File - QuickBooks
for Windows (filename extension). |
| .IL |
Icon Library |
| .ima |
Winimage compressed format
These files can be decoded or mounted by ShrinkWrap. |
| .image |
Mac disk image (filename
extension); a compressed format which can be decoded or mounted by
DiskCopy, Disk Image Mounter, Disk Charmer, and ShrinkWrap (ImageMaster). |
| .IMG |
Image. This file is a Macintosh
Disk Image. Disk Copy can be used to mount the disk image on the Macintosh
desktop. The mounted disk image will behave like a read-only disk. |
| .IND |
Index |
| .INF |
Information |
| .INI |
Initialization - configuration
settings |
| .IOB |
Imagine file (filename
extension). |
| .ISU |
Netscape file (filename
extension). |
| .IT |
MOD music file format (filename
extension). |
| .IW |
Idlewild screensaver (filename
extension). |
| .IX |
Index File - Framemaker
(filename extension). |
| .JFF or .JFIF |
JPEG File Interchange Format;
a 24-bit graphic format. It can be opened with QuickTime, a WWW browser,
or a graphics viewer such as JPEGView. |
| .JIF |
JPEG Image Format (filename
extension). |
| .JPEG |
JPEG bitmap (filename extension). |
| .JPG |
file extension for JPEG
(Joint Photographic Experts Group). A file stored in JPEG format.
JPEG,an ISO/ITU standard for storing images with high compression
capability, uses a discreet cosine transform that can achieve compression
rates of 100:1 (significant loss of data from original) and 20:1 (minimal
loss). C-Cube Microsystems introduced the first JPEG chip. |
| .JT |
JT Fax |
| .JTF |
JPEG bitmap (filename extension). |
| .KDC |
Kodak Photo-Enhancer (filename
extension). |
| .KFX |
Kofax |
| .LBL |
Label - dBASE |
| .LBM |
Deluxe Paint graphics file |
| .LDB |
Lock file - Microsoft Access
(filename extension). |
| .LEG |
Legacy document (filename
extension). |
| .lha |
Filename extension for
a PC/Amiga compression format decodable by LHA Expander or MacLHA. |
| .lhs |
Literate Haskell source
file |
| .lhz |
LHA compression file |
| .LIB |
Library |
| .LIC |
License file - shareware
(filename extension). |
| .LOG |
Log |
| .LST |
List (filename extension). |
| .LWP |
Lotus Word Pro document
(filename extension). |
| .LZH |
LHARC compression |
| .lzs |
PC/Amiga compression format |
| .M3D |
Motion 3D - Corel (filename
extension). |
| .MAC |
MacPaint |
| .MAF |
Microsoft Access Form (filename
extension). |
| .MAK |
Makefile |
| .MAM |
Microsoft Access Macro
(filename extension). |
| .MAP |
Map - linkage editor |
| .MAQ |
Microsoft Access Query
(filename extension). |
| .MAR |
Microsoft Access Report
(filename extension). |
| .MAT |
Microsoft Access Table
(filename extension). |
| .MBX |
Message Base - Eudora (filename
extension). |
| .MCS |
MathCAD format |
| .MCW |
Microsoft Word for Macintosh
(filename extension). |
| .MDB |
Access database |
| .MDX |
Multi-index |
| .MET |
Metafile - OS/2 |
| .MEU |
Menu |
| .MFF |
MIDI File Format (filename
extension). |
| .MGF |
Micrografx Draw Font (filename
extension). |
| .MI |
Miscellaneous (filename
extension). |
| .MIC |
Microsoft Image Composer
(filename extension). |
| .MID |
MIDI |
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