| .MIFF |
An ImageMagick file format |
| .MIL |
Group 4 |
| .mime |
MIME (filename extension);
the encoding format used by the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. |
| .MME |
Mime encoded file (filename
extension); the encoding format used by the Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extension. |
| .MMF |
Microsoft Mail File (filename
extension). |
| .MMM |
Macromind animation |
| .MOD |
(For module). A music file
format that contains digitized sound samples A .MOD file takes more
memory than a MIDI file because a MIDI file contains instructions
for making sounds but not the actual sound samples. There are .MOD
players for Amiga, PC, and Macintosh computers. |
| .moov |
QuickTime movie. This file
can be viewed with QuickTime Player. |
| .MOV |
Movie - QuickTime |
| .movie |
QuickTime movie. This file
can be viewed with QuickTime Player. |
| .MOZ |
Mozilla - Netscape cache
file (filename extension). |
| .mp2 |
MPEG Layer II compressed
audio. This file can be played using QuickTime Player and some other
sound players. |
| .mp3 |
MPEG Layer III compressed
audio. This file can be played with QuickTime Player, Real Player,
and some other sound players. |
| .MPE |
MPEG (filename extension). |
| .MPEG |
MPEG movie or animation
file. This file can be played with QuickTime Player. |
| .MPG |
MPEG encoded file. This
file is an MPEG movie, and can be played with QuickTime Player. |
| .MPNT |
Macintosh MacPaint |
| .MPP |
Microsoft Project project
file (filename extension). |
| .MPT |
Microsoft Project template
file (filename extension). |
| .MPX |
Microsoft Project export
file (filename extension). |
| .MRK |
Markup - Informative Graphics |
| .MSG |
Message file |
| .MSN |
Microsoft Network document
(filename extension). |
| .MSP |
Microsoft Paint |
| .MUS |
Music (filename extension). |
| .MVB |
Microsoft Multimedia Viewer
(filename extension). |
| .MYS |
Myst saved game file (filename
extension). |
| .NDX |
Index - dBASE |
| .NET |
Network file (filename
extension). |
| .NG |
Norton Guides |
| .NLM |
NLM program - NetWare |
| .NTF |
Notes Template File - Lotus
Notes database (filename extension). |
| .OAB |
Outlook Address Book -
Microsoft (filename extension). |
| .OAZ |
OAZ Fax |
| .OBD |
Microsoft Office Binder
(filename extension). |
| .OBJ |
Object module |
| .OCX |
Object Linking and Embedding
(OLE) Custom Control (filename extension). |
| .OLB |
OLE Object Library (filename
extension). |
| .OLE |
OLE object (filename extension). |
| .ONX |
Onyx Graphics Postershop
(filename extension). |
| .ORI |
Original |
| .OVL |
Overlay module |
| .OVR |
Overlay module |
| .OZM |
Sharp Organizer memo bank |
| .OZP |
Sharp Organizer telephone
bank |
| .P10 |
Tektronix Plot10 |
| .PAB |
Personal Address Book -
Microsoft (filename extension). |
| .PAK |
Quake game data (filename
extension). |
| .PAL |
Paintbrush palette (filename
extension). |
| .PAS |
Pascal program file |
| .PAT |
Pattern - Corel Draw (filename
extension). |
| .PBK |
Microsoft Phonebook (filename
extension). |
| .PBM |
Portable Bit Map |
| .PCD |
Photo CD format |
| .PCL |
HP LaserJet |
| .PCM |
LaserJet cartridge information |
| .PCS |
PICS animation (filename
extension). |
| .PCT |
PC Paint |
| .PCW |
PC Write |
| .PCX |
1. PC Paintbrush 2. Graphics
file - Zsoft format |
| .PDG |
PrintShop Deluxe (filename
extension). |
| .PDV |
PC Paintbrush printer driver |
| .PFA |
Type 1 font - ASCII |
| .PFB |
Type 1 font - encrypted |
| .PFM |
Postscript Font Metrics;
Windows Type 1 font metrics |
| .PGL |
HPGL 7475A plotter - vector
graphics |
| .PGM |
Portable Gray Map bitmap
(filename extension). |
| .PHTML |
HTML document with preprocessing
instructions (PPIs) (filename extension). |
| .PIC |
PICT graphics format, or
PIXAR picture file |
| .PICT |
Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT
This kind of file stores images in QuickDraw vector format. PICT2
can have grayscale bitmapped images also. |
| .PIF |
Program Information File
- Windows |
| .PIT |
PackIt - Macintosh compression |
| .PIX |
Inset Systems graphics |
| .PJX |
Project file - Visual FoxPro
(filename extension). |
| .pkg |
AppleLink package compression
format These files are decodable by StuffIt Expander. |
| .PL |
Perl script (filename extension). |
| .PLT |
Plotter drawing (filename
extension). |
| .PM |
PageMaker |
| .PM3 |
PageMaker 3 document |
| .PM4 |
PageMaker 4 document |
| .PM5 |
PageMaker 5 document |
| .PNG |
1. Portable Network Graphics
bitmap (filename extension). 2. Paint Shop Pro Browser (filename extension). |
| .POV |
Persistence Of Vision raytracer
(filename extension). |
| .PPA |
PowerPoint Add-in - Microsoft
(filename extension). |
| .PPD |
PostScript Printer Description |
| .PPM |
Portable PixelMap (filename
extension). |
| .PPS |
PowerPoint Slideshow (filename
extension). |
| .PPT |
PowerPoint presentation
(filename extension). |
| .PRD |
Printer driver - Microsoft
Word, Word Perfect, Microsoft Works (filename extension). |
| .PRG |
A dBASE source code file |
| .PRJ |
Project file |
| .PRN |
1. Print file - temporary
2. XyWrite printer driver 3. PostScript file |
| .PRS |
WordPerfect printer driver |
| .PRT |
Formatted text |
| .PS |
PostScript. This is a plain
text file. |
| .PSD |
Photoshop Document |
| .PUB |
Publication - Ventura Publisher,
Microsoft Publisher (filename extension). |
| .PWD |
Pocket Word document -
Microsoft (filename extension). |
| .PWZ |
Microsoft PowerPoint Wizard
(filename extension). |
| .PXL |
Microsoft Pocket Excel
(filename extension). |
| .QBW |
QuickBooks for Windows
(filename extension). |
| .QDK |
Quarterdeck Qemm (filename
extension). |
| .QLB |
Quick Library (filename
extension). |
| .QLC |
ATM font information |
| .QRY |
Microsoft Query (filename
extension). |
| .qt |
QuickTime movie, binary
file type (filename extension). |
| .QTM |
QuickTime Movie (filename
extension). |
| .R8L |
LaserJet landscape font |
| .R8P |
LaserJet portrait font |
| .RA |
RealAudio |
| .RAM |
Real Audio |
| .RAS |
Raster graphics - Sun |
| .RAW |
Raw file format - bitmap
(filename extension). |
| .rc |
A filename extension found
in many UNIX files (.newsrc, etc.) which means "run commands". |
| .REC |
Windows Recorder macro
file (filename extension). |
| .REG |
Registration file (filename
extension). |
| .REP |
Report file (filename extension). |
| .RFT |
RFT-DCA (filename extension). |
| .RGB |
An SGI RGB image file |
| .RIA |
Alpharel Group IV raster
graphics |
| .RIB |
Renderman graphics |
| .RIC |
Roch FaxNet |
| .RIF |
Fractal Painter bitmap
(filename extension). |
| .RIFF |
Resource Interchange File
Format A multimedia file format; the Microsoft equivalent to Amiga
IFF format. |
| .RIX |
RIX virtual screen |
| .RLA |
Wavefront raster image |
| .RLC |
CAD Overlay ESP - Image
Systems |
| .RLE |
Run Length Encoded |
| .RM |
Real Media. |
| .RMI |
RIFF MIDI file |
| .RND |
AutoShade format |
| .RNL |
GTX Runlength raster graphics |
| .RPT |
Report file (filename extension). |
| .RTF |
Microsoft text and graphics |
| .S |
Assembly language file
- Unix |
| .S3M |
MOD music file (filename
extension). |
| .SAM |
AmiPro |
| .SAV |
Saved game (filename extension). |
| .SBP |
IBM Storyboard graphics
/ Superbase text |
| .SC |
Source Code - Paradox |
| .SCM |
ScreenCam movie |
| .SCP |
Dial-up networking script
(filename extension). |
| .SCR |
1. Screensaver - Windows.
2. Screen Layout - dBASE. 3. Script for Apple's Disk Copy utility. |
| .SCT |
Screen Capture Text - Lotus |
| .SDL |
SmartDraw Library (filename
extension). |
| .SEA |
Self-Extracting Archive
(Stuffit or Compact Pro) |
| .SEG |
Segment (of a compressed
file saved in segments with Stuffit or Compact Pro) |
| .SEP |
TIFF bitmap (filename extension). |
| .SET |
Setup parameters |
| .SFL |
LaserJet landscape font |
| .SFP |
LaserJet portrait font |
| .SFS |
PCL 5 scalable font |
| .shar |
UNIX shell archive (filename
extension), which can be decoded by Unshar. |
| .SHTML |
HTML file with embedded
server-side includes (SSIs) (filename extension). |
| .SI |
SoftImage image file |
| .sig |
Signature A .sig file can
be set up and automatically attached to outgoing email, newsgroup
postings, etc. It includes the name and contact information of the
sender, and may also have ASCII art, favorite quotes, etc. |
| .SIT |
Stuffit compressed file |
| .SLD |
AutoCAD slide |
| .SLK |
Symbolic Link (SYLK) spreadsheet
(filename extension). |
| .SMI |
Self-Mounting Image. This
file is a Macintosh Disk Image, similar to an .img file, but it does
not require the use of Disk Copy. When the file is downloaded, a disk
image appears on the desktop. The disk image will behave like a read-only
disk. |
| .SND |
Sound file |
| .SNM |
Netscape mail (filename
extension). |
| .SPD |
Speedo scalable font |
| .spx |
Screen Peace Extension |
| .SQB |
SyQuest Backup (filename
extension). |
| .SRC |
A file used in the creation
of .INI files for configuration settings (filename extension). |
| .STY |
Style sheet - Ventura |
| .SVX |
Amiga 8SVX sound (filename
extension). |
| .SWP |
Swap - temporary file (filename
extension). |
| .SYD |
Sysedit backup file (filename
extension). |
| .SYL |
SYLK spreadsheet format |
| .SYNU |
SDSC Synu image |
| .SYS |
System file |
| .TAL |
Adobe Type Align |
| .TAR |
Tar - Tape ARchive (filename
extension). Tar is a UNIX method of archiving files, which can also
be used by PCs. Tar archives files but does not compress them, so
sometimes .tar files are compressed with other utilities, which produces
extensions like .tar.gz, .tar.Z, and .tgz. Archive files with the
.tar extension can be extracted in UNIX with tar or on a PC with WinZip
or on the Mac with the program Tar. |
| .tar.gz |
Combined filename extension
for a file that has been archived using tar and then gzipped. |
| .tar.z or .tar.Z |
Combined filename extension
for a file that has been archived using tar and then zipped. |
| .taz |
Another way of writing
.tar.Z |
| .TBK |
Asymetrix Toolbook (filename
extension). |
| .TDF |
Typeface definition - Speedo |
| .TEX |
Tex or LaTex document |
| .TFM |
Font metrics - Intellifont |
| .TGA |
TARGA graphics |
| .tgz |
Another name for .tar.z
and .tar.gz |
| .THEME |
Desktop theme - Windows
95 (filename extension). |
| .THN |
Thumbnail (filename extension). |
| .TIF |
TIFF graphics file |
| .TIFF |
TIFF graphics file (filename
extension). |
| .TLB |
OLE Type Library (filename
extension). |
| .TMP |
Temporary file |
| .TOC |
Table Of Contents (filename
extension). |
| .TRM |
Terminal settings - Windows
(filename extension). |
| .TTC |
TrueType compressed font |
| .TTF |
TrueType font |
| .TWF |
TabWorks File (file extension). |
| .TX8 |
MS-DOS text (filename extension). |
| .TXT |
ASCII text file |
| .USL |
LaserJet landscape font |
| .USP |
LaserJet portrait font |
| .uu |
Uuencode compressed file |
| .uue |
Uuencode file |
| .VBP |
Visual Basic Project (filename
extension). |
| .VBX |
Visual Basic Extension |
| .VDA |
Targa bitmap (filename
extension). |
| .VGR |
Ventura |
| .VIFF |
Khoros Visualization image
file |
| .VLB |
Ventura Library (filename
extension). |
| .VOC |
Sound Blaster |
| .VP |
Ventura Publisher (filename
extension). |
| .VST |
Targa bitmap (filename
extension). |
| .VUE |
Relational View - dBASE |
| .VXD |
Virtual Device Driver (filename
extension). |
| .WAB |
Windows Address Book (filename
extension). |
| .WAV |
Sound file |
| .WBK |
Microsoft Word Backup (filename
extension). |
| .WDB |
Microsoft Works Database
(filename extension). |
| .WID |
Ventura width table (filename
extension). |
| .WIN |
Windows backup file (filename
extension). |
| .WIZ |
Microsoft Word Wizard (filename
extension). |
| .WK1 |
Lotus 1-2-3, up to 2.01 |
| .WK3 |
Lotus version 3 |
| .WK4 |
Lotus version 4 |
| .WKQ |
Quattro spreadsheet |
| .WKS |
1. Lotus Worksheet (filename
extension). 2. Microsoft Works document (filename extension). |
| .WLR |
VRML page |
| .WMF |
Windows Metafile |
| .WP |
WordPerfect |
| .WPD |
1. Windows Printer Description
(filename extension). 2. WordPerfect Demo (filename extension). 3.
WordPerfect Document (filename extension). |
| .WPG |
WordPerfect Graphics |
| .WPM |
WordPerfect macro |
| .WPS |
Microsoft Works document |
| .WPT |
WordPerfect Template (filename
extension). |
| .WRI |
Windows Write document |
| .WRK |
Symphony spreadsheet |
| .WS1 |
WordStar for Windows 1
document (filename extension). |
| .WS2 |
WordStar for Windows 2
document (filename extension). |
| .WS3 |
WordStar for Windows 3
document (filename extension). |
| .WS4 |
WordStar for Windows 4
document (filename extension). |
| .WS5 |
WordStar for Windows 5
document (filename extension). |
| .WS6 |
WordStar for Windows 6
document (filename extension). |
| .WS7 |
WordStar for Windows 7
document (filename extension). |
| .WVL |
Wavelet compressed bitmap
(filename extension). |
| .X |
AVS X image file |
| .XAR |
Corel Xara drawing (filename
extension). |
| .XBM |
X Bitmap |
| .XFX |
JetFax |
| .XIF |
Xerox Image Format (filename
extension). |
| .XLC |
Excel chart |
| .XLK |
Microsoft Excel backup
(filename extension). |
| .XLM |
Microsoft Excel macro (filename
extension). |
| .XLS |
Excel worksheet |
| .XLT |
Microsoft Excel template
(filename extension). |
| .XM |
MOD music format (filename
extension). |
| .XPM |
X Pixelmap |
| .XWD |
X Window System window
dump image |
| .XXE |
Xxencoded file (filename
extension). |
| .YAL |
Arts & Letters click
art (filename extension). |
| .Z |
Unix compress file |
| .ZIP |
File compressed using PKZIP |
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