Datei-Extension´s
Häufig kann man einer Extension (Dateinamenserweiterung) kein Programm, bzw. Anwendung zuordnen. Ich habe einige Listen – © Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Georg Riker – im Netz gefunden und habe sie hier mal geordnet
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| 000-999 | + Used to number old (backup) versions of files (for |
| 000-999 | + example, CONFIG.SYS when changed by an installation |
| 000-999 | + program); also used to number related data files for |
| 000-999 | + multiple users of a small-scale PC application |
| 10o | Embroidery machines graphics file - Toyota (binary) |
| 12M | Lotus 123 97 Smartmaster file |
| 123 | Lotus 123 97 file |
| 2GR | VGA Graphics driver/configuration files under Windows (binary) |
| 3GR | VGA Graphics driver/configuration files under Windows (binary) |
| 3DM | 3D NURBS modeler, Rhino ????? |
| 3DS | A file in 3D Studio (for DOS) format |
| 386 | A file for use in an 80386 or higher microprocessor |
| 4GE | Informix 4GL compiled code |
| 4GL | Informix 4GL source code |
| 669 | Composer 669, Unis Composer music mod file |
| 669 | 669 tracker module ????? |
| $$$ | Used by OS/2 to keep track of archived files |
| @@@ | + Screen files used in the installation and instruction |
| @@@ | + on use of such applications as M$ Codeview for C |
A
| A86 | A86 assembly source shareware compiler |
| A | +ADA source code |
| A | +Object code library |
| A | +Assembly programming source code |
| AAM | Authorware shocked file |
| AAS | Authorware shocked packet |
| ABC | Micrografx ABC Flowcharter |
| ABF | Adobe Binary Screen Font |
| ABK | CorelDRAW automatic backup |
| ABM | PhotoPlus album |
| ABS | Abscissa data |
| ACB | ACMB graphic |
| ACE | + Compression file format associated with a |
| ACE | + program called The Ace Archiver (binary) |
| ACL | +Corel Draw 6 keyboard accelerator |
| ACL | +Axialis Cursor Library |
| ACM | +AUDIO CONVERTER MODULE |
| ACM | +Used by Windows in the system directory |
| ACP | M$ Office Assistant Preview file |
| ACR | +ACR-NEMA medical image file |
| ACR | +American College of Radiology file format |
| ACT | +M$ Office Assistant Actor source code file |
| ACT | +Parson's Announcements file (binary) |
| ACV | OS/2 drivers that compress and decompress audio data |
| AD | After Dark screen saver data |
| ADA | Ada source text (non-GNAT) (ASCII) |
| ADB | Ada source text body (GNAT) (ASCII) |
| ADB | Appointment database used by HP 100LX organizer |
| ADD | OS/2 adapter drivers used in the boot process |
| ADF | Amiga Disk File |
| ADF | ARC data file |
| ADI | AutoCAD Device-Independent binary plotter image format |
| ADL | QEMM MCA adapter description library |
| ADM | After Dark MultiModule screensaver |
| ADN | Lotus 1-2-3 add-in |
| ADP | +AOL HTML file (ASCII) |
| ADP | +Astound Dynamite file |
| ADP | +Used by FaxWorks to do setup for fax modem interaction |
| ADR | After Dark Randomizer screensaver |
| ADS | Ada source text specification (GNAT) (ASCII) |
| ADT | AdTech Fax document |
| ADX | Archetype Designer document |
| AFM | +ADOBE FONT METRICS ASCII file format |
| AFM | +used for storing readable fonts |
| AFT | Micrografx ABC Flowcharter template |
| AFW | Micrografx ABC Flowcharter working file |
| AF2 | Micrografx ABC Flowcharter 2 |
| AF3 | Micrografx ABC Flowcharter 3 |
| AFM | Adobe Font Metrics Format (Ray Trace) |
| AGA | Agenda File |
| AGF | Atlas geodata (GIS) file |
| AI | Adobe Illustrator drawing |
| AIF | + Audio Interchange File, a sound format used by |
| AIF | + Silicon Graphics and Macintosh applications (binary) |
| AIFC | Similar to AIF (compressed) (binary) |
| AIFF | + Audio Interchange File, a sound format used by |
| AIFF | + Silicon Graphics and Macintosh applications (binary) |
| AIFF | + Similar to AIF (binary) |
| AIM | AOL Instant Messenger Launch |
| AIS | +ACDSee Image Sequence file |
| AIS | +Velvet Studio Instruments |
| AIS | +Xerox Array of Intensity Samples graphic |
| AKW | + Contains all A-keywords in the RoboHELP Help |
| AKW | + project Index Designer not associated with topics |
| AL | A-law sound file |
| ALAW | European telephony format audio |
| ALB | JASC Image Commander album |
| ALD | Aldus Pagemaker file |
| ALL | Arts & Letters Library |
| AMF | Advanced Module Format sound file |
| AMS | +Velvert Studio music module (MOD) file |
| AMS | +Extreme's Tracker module format |
| ANC | + Canon Computer Pattern Maker file that is |
| ANC | + a selectable list of pattern colors |
| ANI | Animated Cursor |
| ANM | +DeluxePaint animation |
| ANM | +Lucas Arts animation |
| ANN | Windows Help annotation |
| ANS | +ANSI character animation |
| ANS | +ANSI text (ASCII) |
| ANT | saved game file in the original SimAnt for Windows |
| APD | Aldus printer file |
| API | Application Program Interface file; used by Adobe Acrobat |
| APP | +Gem application |
| APP | +Symphony add in application |
| APP | +dBase Application Generator object file |
| APP | +DR-DOS executable application |
| APP | +Atari executable application |
| APP | +FoxPro generated application |
| APR | +Lotus Approach 97 file |
| APR | +ArcView project file |
| APS | M$ Visual C++ file |
| APX | Borland C++ 4.5 Appexpert database |
| ARC | Lempel-Ziv-Huffman (old version) compressed archive (binary) |
| ARI | Aristotle audio file |
| ARJ | Robert Jung ARJ compressed archive (binary) |
| ARS | WordPerfect audio resource file |
| ART | + Used by AOL to designate files compressed using |
| ART | + the Johson-Grace compression algorithm (binary) |
| ART | +Another Ray Tracer format |
| ART | +Ashton-Tate Byline graphic |
| ART | +Canon Crayola art file (binary) |
| ART | +Clip Art file format |
| ART | +Crayola Art graphic |
| ART | +PFS First Publisher graphic |
| ART | +VORT (Unix) ART ray tracer graphic |
| ART | +Xara Studio drawing |
| ASA | M$ Visual InterDev file |
| ASC | +American Standard Code for Information (ASCII) |
| ASC | + Exchange file. An unformatted text file. Also |
| ASC | + known as plain text, vanilla text, or flat text |
| ASC | +PGP armored encrypted file |
| ASD | +Astound presentation |
| ASD | +WinWord AutoSave |
| ASE | Velvet Studio sample |
| ASF | +M$ Advanced Streaming Format file |
| ASF | +Active Streaming Format |
| ASH | TASM 3.0 assembly language header file |
| ASI | +Turbo C assembler include file |
| ASI | +Borland C++ assembler include file |
| ASM | Assembler language source file (uncompiled) |
| ASO | +Astound Dynamite Objects |
| ASO | +TASM object file |
| ASP | +Association of Shareware Professionals Ombudsman notice |
| ASP | +HTML Script |
| ASP | +Active Server Page (an HTML file containing a M$ |
| ASP | + server-processed script) (ASCII) |
| ASP | +Procomm Plus setup and connection script (ASCII) |
| ASP | +Astound Presentation file |
| ASX | Active Streaming Format |
| AST | +Astound multimedia file |
| AST | +Claris Works "assistant" file |
| ASV | DataCAD Autosave file |
| ASX | +Cheyenne Backup script (ASCII) |
| ASX | +M$ Advanced Streaming Redirector file |
| ASX | +Video file |
| ATT | AT&T Group 4 bitmap (binary) |
| AU | +æ-law (mu-law) audio file Originally a UNIX format |
| AU | +Sun/NeXT/DEC/(UNIX) sound file |
| AUX | Generic auxiliary file; reserved word in DOS |
| AVB | Inculan Anti-Virus virus infected file |
| AVD | Avery LabelPro ListManager Data file |
| AVI | M$ Audio Video Interleaved file format for Windows movie |
| AVR | Audio Visual Research file format |
| AVS | +APPLICATION VISUALIZATION SYSTEM: |
| AVS | + Digital Video Interactive (.dvi) file |
| AVX | ArcView Extension file |
| AW | HP AdvanceWrite text |
| AWD | Fax Viewer document |
| AWK | +(FROM AUTOSPELL no identification) |
| AWK | +UNIX parsing program |
| AWR | Telsis file extension format for digitally stored audio. |
| AWM | Animation Works movie |
| AXD | Avery LabelPro ListManager Data file |
| AXX | + ARJ compressed files from a multi-volume archive |
| AXX | + (XX = a number from 01 to 99) (binary) |
| A3M | unpackaged Authorware MacIntosh file |
| A4M | unpackaged Authorware MacIntosh file |
| A4P | Authorware file packaged without runtime |
| A3W | unpackaged Authorware windows file |
| A4W | unpackaged Authorware windows file |
| A5W | unpackaged Authorware windows file |
B
| B | BASIC source code. Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. |
| B4 | Helix Nuts and Bolts file |
| B64 | Mime Base 64 coded file |
| BAK | +Backup file. This extension is given to files when they |
| BAK | + are replaced with another file with the same name. |
| BAS | +Executable text file in BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic |
| BAS | + Instruction Code) for the Basic language interpreter. |
| BAR | +Unix BAR archive file |
| BAR | +dBase horizontal bar menu object |
| BAT | Executable Batch file (ASCII). Text file of commands to DOS. |
| BB | Papyrus database backup |
| BBL | TeX or BibTeX bibliography |
| BBM | Deluxe Paint brush file |
| BBS | Bulletin board system text file |
| BCH | dBase Batch process object |
| BCP | Borland C++ makefile |
| BBX | Boom Box for Windows |
| BCK | VMS/VAX backup |
| BCM | M$ Works 4.0 Communication |
| BCW | Borland C++ workspace settings |
| BDB | M$ Works 4.0 database |
| BDF | +Adobe Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format file |
| BDF | +West Point Bridge Designer program |
| BDR | MS Publisher border |
| BFC | Windows 95 Briefcase document |
| BFX | BitFax Pro ViewFax |
| BG | Backgammon for Windows game |
| BGA | OS/2 bitmapped graphic |
| BGI | Borland Graphics Interface, A graphics program file |
| BGL | + from M$ concerning scenery files from the |
| BGL | + well known Flight Simulator |
| BI | Binary file (binary) |
| BIB | +BibTeX bibliography source |
| BIB | +ASCII bibliography |
| BID | Parson's Announcements file (binary) |
| BIF | +Binary Image Format (Graphics) |
| BIF | +WordPerfect initialization file |
| BIF | +GroupWise initialization file |
| BIFF | XLITE 3D file format |
| BIG | Text file created from other text files (ASCII) (tgs) |
| BIL | File Band Interleaved by Line (Graphic) |
| BIN | Binary file (binary) |
| BIN | Macbinary II encoded file |
| BIP | File Band Interleaved by Pixel (graphic) |
| BIT | +Bitmap graphic |
| BIT | +ASCII text file, fragment of larger file(s) |
| BK | JetFax Faxbook; sometimes backup version |
| BK! | WordPerfect backup |
| BK$ | Sometimes used to denote backup versions |
| BKP | Backup file (various) |
| BKS | +An IBM BookManager Read bookshelf |
| BKS | +M$ Works 4.0 Sheet or Chart |
| BKX | Backup file where X = 1 to 9 |
| BLG | BibTeX log |
| BM1 | Apogee BioMenace data file (binary) |
| BMF | Corel! image similar to bmp |
| BMK | +A bookmark file (ASCII) |
| BMK | +CNM Bookmark Collection (content type MIME) |
| BMK | +Windows Help bookmark |
| BMP | Windows or OS/2 bitmapped graphics file (binary) |
| BNK | +Adlib instrument bank |
| BNK | +step-processed ASCII file |
| BOO | Kermit bootstrap protocol binary file |
| BOOK | Adobe FrameMaker Book |
| BOX | A mailbox in Notes |
| BPL | Borland Delphi 4 packed library (binary) |
| BQY | BrioQuery file |
| BPS | M$ Works 4.0 Document |
| BRX | A file for browsing an index of multimedia options |
| BS1 | Apogee Blake Stone data file |
| BS_ | M$ Bookshelf Find Menu shell extension |
| BSA | BSARC file archive |
| BSC | MS Developer Studio (MSDev) browser information file |
| BSP | Quake map |
| BSQ | Band Sequential Graphic file |
| BST | BibTeX bibliography style |
| BTM | Batch file used by Norton Utilities |
| BTN | Parson's Announcements file (binary) |
| BUD | Backup disk for Quicken |
| BUN | CakeWalk Audio Bundle file (a MIDI program) |
| B_W | Atari black and white graphic |
| BW | Silicon Graphics Inc Black and White image file |
| BYU | A file in a Movie BYU format |
C
| C | C code (source file) |
| C01 | Typhoon wave files ????? |
| CAB | + M$ cabinet file (program files compressed |
| CAB | + for software distribution) (binary) |
| CAD | used by the drafting program "Drafix Cad">by Softdesk |
| CAL | +CALS Compressed Bitmap (binary) |
| CAL | +Calendar schedule data |
| CAM | Casio camera format |
| CAP | Compressed music file format (binary) |
| CAR | Announcements document file (card) ????? |
| CAS | Comma-delimited ASCII file |
| CAT | IntelliCharge categorization file used by Quicken |
| CB | M$ clean boot file |
| CBI | Column binary formatted file (used in IBM mainframe systems) |
| CCA | cc:mail ????? |
| CCB | Visual Basic Animated Button configuration |
| CCF | Multimedia Viewer configuration file used in OS/2 |
| CCH | Corel Chart |
| CCM | Lotus CC:Mail "box" (for example, INBOX.CCM) |
| CCO | CyberChat data file |
| CCT | Macromedia Director Shockwave cast |
| CDA | CDDA Audio Track File |
| CDB | CardBase Document |
| CDF | +M$ Channel Definition Format file (ASCII) |
| CDF | +Document (Content type MIME) |
| CDI | Phillips Compact Disk Interactive format |
| CDP | ColorDesk image |
| CDR | CorelDraw drawing (graphics) (binary) |
| CDR | Raw Audio-CD data |
| CDT | Corel Draw template |
| CDX | +Corel Draw compressed drawing (binary) |
| CDX | +M$'s Visual Foxpro Index |
| CDX | +CardBase import/export file |
| CEL | CIMFast Event Language file |
| CER | Certificate file (MIME x-x509-ca-cert) |
| CFB | Compton's Multimedia file |
| CFG | Configuration file |
| CFM | Cold Fusion template files |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface script file (ASCII) |
| CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile (binary) |
| CH | OS/2 configuration file |
| CHK | File fragments saved by Windows Disk Defragmenter or ScanDisk |
| CHM | Compiled HTML file |
| CHR | Character Sets (Font files) |
| CHP | Ventura Publisher chapter |
| CHT | +ChartViewer file |
| CHT | +Harvard Graphics vector file (binary) |
| CIL | Clip Gallery download package |
| CIM | Sim City 200 file |
| CIN | OS/2 change control file that tracks changes to an INI file |
| CK# | iD/Apogee Commander Keen # (where # is a number) data file |
| CLASS | Java class |
| CLL | Crick Software Clicker File |
| CLP | Windows Clipboard file ????? |
| CLS | Visual Basic Class Module |
| CMD | +Command file for Windows NT (similar to a DOS .BAT file), OS/2 |
| CMD | +DOS CP/M command file |
| CMD | +dBase-II program file |
| CMF | Corel Metafile |
| CMP | +JPEG Bitmap (binary) |
| CMP | +Address document |
| CMV | Corel Move animation |
| CMX | Corel Presentation Exchange image |
| CNF | + Configuration file used by Telnet, Windows, |
| CNF | + and other applications with varying internal formats |
| CNM | Windows application menu options and setup file |
| CNQ | Compuworks Design Shop file |
| CNT | + Windows (or other) system content files for the |
| CNT | + help index and other purposes |
| COB | trueSpace2 object |
| COD | + M$ C compiler output as displayable machine |
| COD | + language/assembler with original C as comments |
| COM | Command file (binary) (Executable) |
| CPD | +Corel PrintOffice file (drawing) |
| CPD | +Fax Cover document |
| CPE | Fax Cover document |
| CPI | M$ MS-DOS code page information file |
| CPL | +Control Panel extension |
| CPL | +Corel color palette |
| CPO | Corel Print House file |
| CPP | C++ code |
| CPR | Corel Presents Presentation |
| CPT | Corel Photo-Paint image |
| CPT | EconoWatch Document |
| CPX | Corel Presentation Exchange Compressed drawing (binary) |
| CR1 | EconoWatch Document |
| CRD | Cardfile file |
| CRP | Corel Presents Run-Time Presentation |
| CRT | Internet Security Certificate |
| CSC | Corel Script (ASCII) |
| CSP | PC Emcee On-Screen image |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheet file (ASCII) |
| CST | +Macromedia Director "Cast" (resource) file |
| CST | +Cost module |
| CSV | Comma-separated values file, DOS or Win |
| CT | Scitex CT Bitmap (binary) |
| CT | + A graphic file associated with the Paint Shop Pro Graphic |
| CT | + Editor Used in general to mean a file containing |
| CT | + control information. |
| CTL | + FAXWorks uses it to keep information about each |
| CTL | + fax sent and received. |
| CTL | Control data file (tgs) |
| CTR | Comm Term Document (Content type MIME) |
| CUE | M$ Cue Cards data |
| CUR | Windows Cursor |
| CUT | Dr Halo bitmap (graphics) (binary) |
| CV | Corel Versions archive (binary) |
| CV | M$ CodeView information screen |
| CWK | Claris Works data file |
| CWL | Claris Works file |
| CWS | Claris Works template |
| CXT | + Macromedia Director protected (not editable) |
| CXT | + "Cast" (resource) file |
| CXX | C++ source code file |
D
| DAT | +Data file, "catchall" file, (ASCII/Binary) |
| DAT | +WordPerfect Merge Data |
| DAT | +Extension used for some MPEG formats |
| DB | +Borderland's Paradox 7 tables |
| DB | +Paradox List |
| DBC | M$'s Visual Foxpro Database container |
| DBF | Aston-Tate dBase database |
| DBX | +DataBeam image |
| DBX | +M$'s Visual Foxpro Table |
| DCM | DCM model format |
| DCR | +Shockwave file |
| DCR | +Macromedia Director Protected Movie (non-editable) |
| DCS | Desktop Color Separation file |
| DCT | M$'s Visual Foxpro Database container |
| DCU | Delphi compiled unit file |
| DCX | +M$'s Visual Foxpro Database container |
| DCX | +Fax image (based on PCX) (binary) |
| DCX | +Macros (X equal number) ????? |
| DC5 | DataCAD Drawing files |
| DDF | BTRIEVE database ????? |
| DDIF | + Digital Equipment or Compaq format. Used for storing |
| DDIF | + images and their word processing documents |
| DEF | +SmartWare II data file |
| DEF | +C++ Definition |
| DEFI | Oracle 7 de-install script (ASCII) |
| DEM | USGS standards for Digital Elevation Models |
| DEL | Has to do with graphics files, eg, BMP files |
| DER | Internet Security Certificate |
| DEWF | Macintosh SoundCap/SoundEdit recorded instrument format |
| DGN | Microstation95 CAD drawing file |
| DIB | Device-Independent Bitmap (graphics) (binary) |
| DIC | Dictionary (binary or ASCII) |
| DIF | Data Interchange Format spreadsheet |
| DIG | +Digilink format |
| DIG | +Sound Designer I audio file |
| DIR | +Macromedia Director movie |
| DIR | +Directory text file (tgs) (ASCII) |
| DIZ | Description file (text file, shareware) (ASCII) |
| DLG | C++ Dialogue Script (ASCII) |
| DLS | DownLoadable Sound |
| DLL | Dynamic-Link Library (binary) |
| DMF | X-Trakker music module (MOD) file |
| DOC | +FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document |
| DOC | +WordStar document |
| DOC | +WordPerfect document |
| DOC | +M$ Word document |
| DOC | +DisplayWrite document |
| DOT | M$ Word document Template |
| DPL | Borland Delphi 3 packed library |
| DPR | Borland Delphi project header file |
| DRAW | Acorn's object-based vector image file |
| DRV | Driver file (binary) |
| DRW | Micrografx Designer/Draw (binary) |
| DSF | Micrografx Designer v7.x |
| DSG | DooM saved game |
| DSM | Dynamic Studio music module file |
| DSP | M$ Developer Studio project |
| DSQ | Corel QUERY file |
| DST | Embroidery machines graphics file - Tajima (binary) |
| HUS | Embroidery machines graphics file - Viking (binary) |
| DSW | M$ Developer Studio workspace |
| DTD | SGML Document Type Definition (DTD) file |
| DTED | Digital terrain elevation data (geographic data format) |
| DTM | DigiTrakker module |
| DTF | Symantec Q&A relational database data file |
| DUN | M$ Dial-up Networking Export file |
| DV | Digital video file (MIME) |
| DVI | Digital Video Interactive file |
| DWD | DiamondWare digitized file |
| DWG | +Autocad Drawing files |
| DWG | +AutoCAD drawing, or older Generic CADD drawing format |
| DXF | + Autodesk Drawing Interchange (eXchange) format, |
| DXF | + a text representation of the binary DWG format (ASCII) |
| DXF | +Data Exchange File |
| DXR | Macromedia Director protected (not editable) movie file |
E
| E | Eiffel source code |
| EDA | Ensoniq ASR disk image |
| EDE | Ensoniq EPS disk image |
| EDD | Element Definition Document (FrameMaker+SGML documents) |
| EDK | Ensoniq KT disk image |
| EDQ | Ensoniq SQ1/SQ2/KS32 disk image |
| EDS | Ensoniq SQ80 disk image |
| EDV | Ensoniq VFX-SD disk image |
| EFA | Ensoniq ASR file |
| EFE | Ensoniq EPS file |
| EFK | Ensoniq KT file |
| EFQ | Ensoniq SQ1/SQ2/KS32 file |
| EFS | Ensoniq SQ80 file |
| EFV | Ensoniq VFX-SD file |
| ELA | Embroidery machines graphics file - Old (binary) |
| ELI | Encarta Encyclopedia Article List |
| EMD | ABT Extended MoDule |
| EMF | Enhanced Windows Metafile image file (binary) |
| EML | M$ Outlook Express mail message (MIME RFC 822) |
| ENC | Encore file |
| ENFF | Neutral File Format extension |
| EPHTML Enhanced Perl-parsed HTML | |
| EPS | +Encapsulated PostScript image |
| EPS | +TIFF preview file |
| ER1 | ERWin file |
| ERM | CNM EditingRoom Script |
| ERR | + Stores the error messages that result when the |
| ERR | + RoboHELP Help Compiler attempts to compile the |
| ERR | + source files of a Help system |
| ERX | ERWin file ????? |
| ESPF | Encapsulated PostScript Files |
| ESPS | ESPS audio files (binary) |
| EUI | Ensoniq ESP family compacted disk image |
| EVY | Envoy document |
| EWL | M$ Encarta document |
| EXC | M$ Word Exclusion Dictionary |
| EXD | ????? (binary) |
| EXE | Executable file (program) (binary) |
| EXP | Embroidery machines graphics file - Melco Expanded (binary) |
| EYB | Encarta Encyclopedia Yearbook File |
F
| F | FORTRAN file |
| F2R | Farandoyle linear module format |
| F3R | Farandoyle blocked linear module format |
| F77 | FORTRAN 77 file |
| F90 | FORTRAN 90 file |
| FAR | Farandole Composer music module file |
| FAV | M$ Outlook navigation bar |
| FAX | FAX Type image |
| FBK | Navison Financials Backup |
| FCD | Virtual CDROM |
| FDB | Navison Financials Database |
| FDF | Adobe Acrobat Forms Document file |
| FEM | CADRE Finite Element Mesh file |
| FFA | MS fast find file |
| FFF | GUS PnP bank file format |
| FFL | MS fast find file |
| FFO | MS fast find file |
| FFT | Final Form Text (part of IBM's DCA) (ASCII) |
| FFX | MS fast find file |
| FH3 | Aldus Freehand 3 drawing |
| FIF | Fractal image file |
| FIG | A file format used by REND386/AVRIL |
| FIL | ASCII text file (tgs) (ASCII) |
| FITS | +CCD camera image |
| FITS | +Flexible Image Transport System |
| FLA | Macromidia Flash movie |
| FLC | AutoDesk FLIC animation |
| FLF | +Corel Paradox Delived form ????? |
| FLF | +Navison Financials License file |
| FLI | AutoDesk FLIC animation |
| FLT | Corel filter |
| FLT | Parson's Announcements file (binary) |
| FLF | An OS/2 driver file |
| FLT | +StarTrekker music module (MOD) file |
| FLT | +A file format use in MulitGen Inc.'s Open Flight |
| FM | Adobe FrameMaker Document |
| FMB | Oracle binary source code for form, version 4.0 and later |
| FML | File Mirror List (GetRight) |
| FMS | FractMus document (Fractal Music) |
| FMT | +Oracle text format of form, version 4.0 and later |
| FMT | +M$ Schedule+ print file |
| FMX | Oracle executable form, version 4.0 and later |
| FND | M$ Explorer Saved Search file (Find applet) |
| FNG | Font group file (Font Navigator) |
| FNK | FunkTracker module format |
| FNT | Bitmap font file (binary) |
| FOG | Fontographer font |
| FON | System font (Bitmap font file) (binary) |
| FOR | FORTRAN file |
| FOT | Font-related file |
| FP | FileMaker Pro file |
| FP1 | Flying Pigs for Windows data file |
| FP3 | FileMaker Pro file |
| FPT | FileMaker Pro file |
| FPT | M$ FoxPro memo fields |
| FPX | +FlashPix bitmap Image File (binary) |
| FPX | +M$ Picture It! Picture |
| FRM | +Form template (ASCII) |
| FRM | +FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document |
| FRM | +Oracle executable form version 3.0 and earlier |
| FRM | +Visual Basic form |
| FRM | +WordPerfect Merge form |
| FRM | +Datacad Symbol Report file |
| FRX | +Visual Basic form stash file |
| FRX | +M$ FoxPro report file |
| FRT | M$ FoxPro report file |
| FSF | fPrint Audit Tool file format |
| FSL | Borderland's Paradox 7 forms ????? |
| FSL | Corel Paradox Saved form |
| FSM | Farandoyle Sample format ????? |
| FT | + Lotus Notes Full Text index |
| FT | + Full-text Search Group file resulting from using |
| FT | + Find in the Windows Help system. Can be erased; regenerates |
| FTG | + Full-text Search Group file resulting from using |
| FTG | + Find in the Windows Help system. Can be erased; regenerates |
| FTS | + Full-Text Search index file resulting from using |
| FTS | + Find in the Windows help system |
| FW2 | Framework II |
| FW3 | Framework III file |
| FW4 | Framework IV file |
| FXP | M$ FoxPro compiled source file |
| FZB | Casio FZ-1 Bank dump |
| FZF | Casio FZ-1 Full dump |
| FZV | Casio FZ-1 Voice dump |
G
| G721 | Raw CCITT G.721 $bit ADPCM format data |
| G723 | Raw CCITT G.723 3 or 5bit ADPCM format data |
| GAL | Corel Multimedia Manager album |
| GCD | +Generic (TM) CADD drawing (later versions) |
| GCD | +Global CD, file containing every single byte from a CD |
| GCP | + Ground Control Point file used in image processing of remote |
| GCP | + sensing data often to form map projections. CHIPS (CopenHagen |
| GCP | + Image Processing System) uses these files. |
| GDB | +InterBase database file |
| GDB | +Parson's Announcements file (binary) |
| GDM | Bells, whistles, and sound boards module format |
| GED | + GEDCOM genealogical data file, a popular format for |
| GED | + recording and exchanging genealogical data (ASCII) |
| GED | +Graphic Environment Document (drawing) |
| GEM | Ventura/GEM metafile (graphics file) (binary) |
| GEN | Ventura-Generated text file (ASCII) |
| GFC | Patton&Patton Flowcharting 4 flowchart file |
| GFI | Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary) |
| GFX | Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary) |
| GID | Windows 95 global index file (containing help status) |
| GIF | CompuServe bitmap (binary) |
| GIM | Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary) |
| GIX | Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary) |
| GKH | Ensoniq EPS family disk image file |
| GKS | Gravis GripKey document |
| GL | An animation format |
| GNA | Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary) |
| GNT | + Generated Code, an executable code in a |
| GNT | + Micro Focus proprietary format |
| GNX | Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary) |
| GRA | M$ Graph 97 chart |
| GRD | + Grid file, used in image processing of remote sensing |
| GRD | + data often to form map projections. CHIPS (CopenHagen |
| GRD | + Image Processing System) uses these files |
| GRF | Grapher (Golden Software) graph file |
| GRP | Program Manager Group |
| GSM | +Raw GSM 6.10 audio stream |
| GSM | +Raw 'byte aligned' GSM 6.10 audio stream |
| GSM | +US Robotics voice modems GSM w.o. header/VoiceGuide/RapidComm |
| GSM | +US Robotics voice modems GSM w. header/QuickLink |
| GTK | Graoumftracker (old) music module (MOD) file |
| GT2 | Graoumftracker (new) music module (MOD) file |
| GWD | Parson's Announcements file (ASCII_) |
| GWP | Greetings Workshop Project file |
| GWX | Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary) |
| GWZ | Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary) |
| GZ | (UNIX) Gzip compressed file (binary) |
H
| H | C program header |
| HCOM | Sound Tools HCOM format |
| HDF | A file in Hierarchical Data Format |
| HED | HighEdit document |
| HEL | M$ Hellbender saved game |
| HEX | Macintosh BinHex 2.0 file |
| HGL | HP Graphics Language drawing (binary) |
| HH | + Map file. Contains topic IDs and map numbers for each |
| HH | + of the topics in a Help system. Allows the running |
| HH | + application to send the user the appropriate |
| HH | + context-sensitive help topic |
| HLP | +Help file |
| HLP | +DataCAD Windows Help file |
| HOG | Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file |
| HPJ | Visual Basic Help Project |
| HPP | C++ program header |
| HQX | Macintosh BinHex 4.0 file |
| HST | History file |
| HT | HyperTerminal datafile (binary) |
| HTA | Hypertext Aplication (Executable Script) |
| HTM | Hypertext document (ASCII) |
| HTML | Hypertext document (ASCII) |
| HTT | M$ Hypertext Template (ASCII) |
| HTX | Extended HTML template (ASCII) |
| HUS | Embroidery machines graphics file - Viking (binary) |
| HXM | Descent2 HAM file extension |
I
| IBM | Data files for "Grandma and Me" |
| ICA | Citrix WinFrame file |
| ICB | Targa bitmap (binary) |
| ICC | Kodak printer format |
| ICL | Icon Library file (industry standard) |
| ICM | Image Color Matching profile file |
| ICO | Windows Icon |
| IDB | MSDev 'intermediate' file |
| IDD | MIDI Instrument Definition |
| IDE | UNKNOWN |
| IDF | MIDI Instrument Definition (Win95 required file) |
| IDQ | Internet Data Query file |
| IDX | +M$ FoxPro relational database index file |
| IDX | +Symantec Q&A relational database index file |
| IDX | +M$ Outlook Express file |
| IDX | + |
| IFF | Interchange Format Files, Amiga ILBM (graphics) (binary) |
| IGES | Initial Graphics Exchange Specification file (binary) |
| IGF | Inset Systems metafile |
| IIF | QuickBooks for Windows interchange file |
| ILBM | A bitmap (graphic image) file (binary) |
| IMA | WinImage file (binary) |
| IMG | GEM image (binary) |
| IN | Copy of IN.MBX (Eudora inbound mail box) |
| INC | Assembler language or Active Server include file |
| INF | Information file (ASCII) ????? |
| INI | Initialization file (ASCII) |
| INI | MWave DSP synth's mwsynth.ini GM-setup |
| INI | Gravis UltraSound bank setup |
| INP | Oracle source code for form, version 3.0 and earlier |
| INRS | INRS-Telecommunications audio |
| INS | InstallShield install script (ASCII) |
| INS | Internet Communications setting |
| INS | X-Internet sign-up file |
| INS | Ensoniq EPS family instrument |
| INS | Sample Cell/II MAC/PC instruments |
| INT | + Intermediate Code, an executable code produced when |
| INT | + a source program is syntax-checked |
| IOF | Findit document |
| IQY | M$ Internet Inquiry file |
| ISO | + Lists the files on a CD-ROM; based on the ISO 9660 |
| ISO | + CD-ROM file system standard |
| ISP | Internet Communication setting |
| ISP | X-Internet sign-up file |
| IST | Digitaltracker instrument file |
| ISU | InstallShield uninstall script (ASCII) |
| IT | Impulse Tracker music module file (binary) |
| ITI | Impulse Tracker instrument |
| ITS | Impulse Tracker sample |
| ITS | Internet document set (possibly a M$ file) |
| IV | A file format use in Open Inventor |
| IW | Idlewild screensaver |
J
| J62 | Ricoh camera format |
| JAR | + Java ARchive file (a compressed file for applets |
| JAR | + and related files-PKZipped) (binary) |
| JAVA | Java source code |
| JBF | Paint Shop Pro image browser file (can delete, is rebuilt) |
| JFF | JPEG file (graphics file) (binary) |
| JIF | JPEG file (graphics file) (binary) |
| JFIF | JPEG file (graphics file) (binary) |
| JMP | SAS JMPDiscovery chart-to-statistics file |
| JN1 | Epic MegaGames Jill of the Jungle data file |
| JPE | JPEG file (binary) |
| JPEG | JPEG compressed bitmap (binary) |
| JPG | JPEG bitmap (graphics) (binary) |
| JS | JavaScript source code (ASCII) |
| JSP | A HTML page containing a reference to a Java servlet (ASCII) |
| JTF | JPEG bitmap (binary) |
K
| K25 | Kurzweil 2500 sample |
| KAR | Karaoke MIDI file (text+MIDI) |
| KDC | Kodak Photo-Enhancer image file (binary) |
| KEY | DataCAD Icon toolbar file |
| KFX | KoFax Group 4 image (binary) |
| KIZ | Kodak digital postcard files |
| KKW | + Contains all K-keywords in the RoboHELP Help project |
| KKW | + Index Designer not associated with topics |
| KMP | Korg Trinity KeyMaP file |
| KQP | Konica camera native files (binary) |
| KR1 | Kurzweil 2000 sample (multi-floppy) |
| KRZ | Kurzweil 2000 sample |
| KSF | Korg Trinity Sample File |
| KSM | Embroidery machines graphics file - Old (binary) |
| KYE | Kye game data |
L
| L | Lex source |
| LBM | Deluxe Paint bitmap (graphics) (binary) |
| LBT | M$ FoxPro labels |
| LBX | M$ FoxPro labels |
| LCF | Folio License Collection file |
| LCS | Folio License Update Script |
| LDB | M$ Access lock file |
| LDL | Corel Paradox Delivered library |
| LEG | Legacy document |
| LES | Logitech Entertainment system game profiles (same as REG file) |
| LFT | 3D Studio (DOS) loft file |
| LHA | Alternate file suffix for LZH |
| LIB | Library |
| LIC | ASCII license information file (tgs) |
| LIN | DataCAD Line type file |
| LIS | Output file produced by a Structured Query Reporting (SQR) program |
| LLX | Laplink Exchange Agent |
| LNK | Windows shortcut file |
| LOG | Log file (ASCII) |
| LPD | +Helix Nuts and Bolts file |
| LPD | +Avery LabelPro Design File |
| LQT | Liquid Audio File (binary) |
| LRC | Intel Video Phone file |
| LSL | Corel Paradox Saved library |
| LSP | AutoLISP, CommonLISP, and other LISP language files |
| LST | List file (ASCII) |
| LU | ThoughtWing Library Unit file |
| LVL | Parallax Software's Miner Descent/D2 Level Extension |
| LWLO | Lightwave Layered Object file |
| LWOB | Lightwave Object file |
| LWP | Lotus Wordpro 96/97 file |
| LWSC | Lightwave Scene file |
| LYR | DataCAD Layer file |
| LZH | LH ARC compressed archive (binary) |
| LZS | Skyroads data file |
M
| M1V | MPEG-related file (MIME type 'mpeg') |
| M3D | Corel Motion 3D animation (binary) |
| M3U | MPEG URL (MIME audio file) audio/x-mpegurl |
| M3U | Playlist file (audio) (binary) |
| MAT | Matlab variables file (binary) |
| MAC | MacPaint image file (binary) |
| MAD | M$ Access module |
| MAF | M$ Access Form |
| MAG | Image file (binary) (Japanese?) |
| MAGIC | Magic Mail Monitor configuration file |
| MAK | Visual Basic or MS Visual C++ Project |
| MAM | M$ Access Macro |
| MAN | (UNIX) Manual page output |
| MAP | Map file |
| MAP | Duke Nukem 3D WAD game file (binary) |
| MAQ | M$ Access Query |
| MAR | M$ Access Report |
| MAS | +Master Dictionary file PCWrite |
| MAS | +Lotus Freelance Graphics Smartmaster file (binary) |
| MAT | M$ Access Table |
| MAUD | MAUD sample format |
| MAX | + A file format which represents a scene in |
| MAX | + KINETIX's 3D Studio MAX |
| MAX | +Paperport file |
| MAX | +OrCAD layout file |
| MAZ | +Hover maze data |
| MAZ | +A file format use by Division's dVS/dVISE |
| MB1 | Apogee Monster Bash data file |
| MBOX | Berkeley (UNIX) mailbox format |
| MBX | +Extension M$ Outlook adds to saved email |
| MBX | +Eudora mailboxes (ASCII) |
| MCC | +Dialer10 calling card |
| MCC | +Monu-Cad Pro CAD file |
| MCD | Monu-Cad Pro CAD file |
| MCR | DataCAD Keyboard macro file |
| MCW | M$ Word for Macintosh document |
| MDA | +M$ Access add-in |
| MDA | +M$ Access workgroup for version 2 |
| MDB | M$ Access database |
| MDE | M$ Access MDE file ????? |
| MDL | +Digital Tracker music module (MOD) file |
| MDL | +Quake model file |
| MDN | M$ Access blank database template |
| MDP | UNKNOWN |
| MDW | M$ Access Workgroup |
| MDZ | M$ Access wizard template |
| MED | Music Editor, OctaMED music module (MOD) file |
| MER | + Format for interchanging spreadsheet/database |
| MER | + data; recognized by Filemaker, Excel, and others |
| MES | aab Music Files |
| MET | Presentation Manager metafile |
| MGF | A file in a Materials and Geometry Format |
| MHTM | MHTML document (MIME) |
| MHTML | MHTML document (MIME) |
| MI | Miscellaneous ????? |
| MIC | M$ Image Composer file |
| MID | MIDI music (binary) |
| MIDI | MIDI music (binary) |
| MIF | Adobe FrameMaker Interchange Format |
| MIFF | + Machine Independent Format File. A multipart file |
| MIFF | + in the Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) |
| MIFF | + format; often created as the result of sending e-mail |
| MIFF | + with attachments in AOL. |
| MIM | + The files in a multipart MIM file can be "opened" |
| MIM | + (unarchived and separated into individual files) |
| MIM | + using Winzip or a similar program. (binary) |
| MIME | See MIM. ????? |
| MIX | M$ Picture It! Picture |
| MLI | A file in 3D Studio's Material-Library format. |
| MLI | Encarta Encyclopedia Media List |
| MME | + A multipart file in the Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| MME | + (MIME) format; often created as the result of sending e-mail with |
| MME | + attachments in AOL. The files in a multipart MME file can be |
| MME | + "opened" (unarchived and separated into individual files) using |
| MME | + Winzip or a similar program. (binary) |
| MMF | Meal Master Format, a recipe cataloging format |
| MMF | M$ Mail File |
| MMM | M$ Multimedia Movie |
| MMP | Mindmapor MindManager file (binary) |
| MMO | Audioactive file (audio/x-mpg) |
| MN2 | Descent2 Mission File |
| MND | ????? |
| MNI | Mandelbrot for Windows |
| MNG | Multi-image Network Graphics (binary) |
| MNT | M$ FoxPro menus |
| MNX | M$ FoxPro menus |
| MOD | FastTracker, StarTrekker, Noise Tracker music module file |
| MOD | Protracker music module file |
| MOD | M$ Multiplan spreadsheet |
| MOD | Amiga/PC tracker module |
| MOD | generic text/program module file (tgs) (ASCII) |
| MOD | Eudora 3.0.6 script file |
| MOV | QuickTime for Windows movie |
| MP1 | MPEG Audio Layer 1 |
| MP2 | MPEG Audio Layer 2 |
| MP3 | MPEG Audio Layer 3 (AC3) |
| MPA | MPEG-related file (MIME type 'mpeg') |
| MPE | MPEG animation file |
| MPEG | MPEG animation file |
| MPG | MPEG animation file |
| MPP | M$ Project file |
| MPP | CAD drawing file format |
| MPR | M$ FoxPro menus (compiled) |
| MP2 | MPEG Audio Layer 2 file (MIME video file) |
| MP3 | MPEG Audio Layer 3 (AC3) file |
| MRI | MRI Scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) |
| MSA | Magic Shadow Archive (binary) |
| MSDL | Manchesters Scene Description Language |
| MSG | M$ Mail message or message file of some kind |
| MSN | M$ Network document |
| MSN | Descent Mission File |
| MSP | M$ Paint bitmap (binary) |
| MTM | MultiTracker music module file (binary) |
| MUL | Online game called Ultima online |
| MUS | Music (ASCII) ????? |
| MUS10 | Mus10 audio |
| MVB | M$ Multimedia Viewer file |
| MWP | Lotus Wordpro 97 Smartmaster file |
N
| NAN | Nanoscope files (Raw Grayscale) |
| NAP | NAP Metafile Vector image ????? |
| NCB | M$ Developer Studio file |
| NCD | Norton Change Directory |
| NCF | Netware Command File |
| NCF | Lotus Notes internal clipboard |
| NDO | 3D low-polygon modeler, Nendo |
| NDX | ASCII index file (tgs) |
| NET | Network |
| NFF | Neutral File Format |
| NFL | Folio Infobase link |
| NFO | Folio Infobase |
| NFO | ASCII information file (tgs) |
| NIL | Norton Icon Library file (EasyIcons-compatible) |
| NIST | NIST Sphere audio |
| NLB | Oracle 7 data |
| NLM | Netware Loadable Module |
| NLU | Norton Live Update E-Mail Trigger file |
| NSF | Lotus Notes database |
| NS2 | Lotus Notes database (version 2) |
| NST | Noise Tracker music module (MOD) file |
| NTF | Lotus Notes database template |
| NWC | Noteworthy Composer song file |
| NWS | M$ OutlookExpress news message (MIME RFC822) |
O
| O01 | Typhoon voice file |
| OBD | M$ Office binder template |
| OBD | M$ Office Binder |
| OBJ | Object file |
| OBZ | M$ Office Binder Wizard |
| OCX | M$ Object Linking and Embedding custom control |
| ODL | UNKNOWN (from Autospell list) |
| ODS | M$ Outlook Express mailbox file (?) |
| OFF | 3D mesh Object File Format |
| OFN | M$ Office FileNew file |
| OFT | M$ Outlook template |
| ODL | UNKNOWN |
| OKT | Oktalyzer music module (MOD) file |
| OLB | OLE Object Library |
| OLE | OLE object |
| OOGL | Object Oriented Graphics Library (binary) |
| OPL | Organizer Programming Language source file - Psion/Symbian |
| OPO | OPL output executable file |
| OPT | M$ Developer Studio file |
| OPX | OPL extension DLL |
| ORC | Oracle 7 script (ASCII) |
| ORG | Lotus Organizer file |
| OR2 | Lotus Organizer 2 file |
| OR3 | Lotus Organizer 97 file |
| ORA | Oracle 7 configuration |
| OSS | M$ Office Search file |
| OST | M$ Exchange/Outlook Offline file |
| OTL | Super NoteTab template file (Fookes) |
| OVL | Program overlay (binary) |
P
| P10 | Tektronix Plot 10 drawing |
| P65 | Pagemaker 6.5 file |
| P7C | Digital ID file (MIME) |
| PAB | M$ Personal Address Book |
| PAC | SB Studio II package |
| PAD | Portable Application Description (ASCII) fm ACDSee |
| PAK | Quake WAD file (binary) |
| PAL | A compressed file (binary) |
| PAS | Pascal source code (Borland) (ASCII) |
| PAT | +DataCAD Hatch pattern file |
| PAT | +Corel Draw pattern |
| PAT | Advanced Gravis Ultrasound/Forte tech. Patch |
| PBD | PowerBuilder Dynamic library, an alternative to a native DLL |
| PBF | Turtle Beach Pinnacle Bank File |
| PBK | M$ Phonebook |
| PBL | + PowerBuilder Library used in the PowerBuilder |
| PBL | + development environment |
| PBM | Portable bitmap image file(binary) |
| PBR | PowerBuilder Resource |
| PCD | + Kodak Photo-CD image P-Code compiled test scripts as in |
| PCD | + M$ Tst and M$ Visual Test |
| PCE | Maps Eudora mailbox names to DOS filenames |
| PCE | Eudora signature file (ASCII) |
| PCH | UNKNOWN |
| PCL | + Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language file |
| PCL | + (printer-ready bitmap) (binary) |
| PCM | Audio file format |
| PCM | OKI MSM6376 synth chip PCM format |
| PCP | Symantec Live Update Pro file |
| PCS | +PICS animation |
| PCS | +Embroidery machines graphics file - Pfaff (binary) |
| PCT | Macintosh Picture file |
| PCX | ZSoft PC Paintbrush bitmap (binary) (picture file) |
| PDB | UNKNOWN (from Autospell) |
| Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format | |
| Netware Printer Definition File | |
| PDB | 3Com Palmpilot database file |
| Package Definition File from M$ Systems Management Server | |
| PDQ | Patton&Patton Flowcharting PDQ Lite file |
| PEC | Embroidery machines graphics file - Brother (binary) |
| PES | Embroidery machines graphics file - Brother Ver 2 (binary) |
| PF | Aladdin Systems Private Files encrypted file |
| PFA | Type 1 font (ASCII) |
| PFB | Type 1 font (binary) |
| PFC | PF Component |
| PFM | Printer Font Metrics |
| PGL | HP Plotter drawing |
| PGM | Portable Graymap Image file (bitmap) (binary) |
| PGP | PGP encrypted file |
| PH | Temporary file generated by M$ Help Compiler |
| PHP | HTML Script |
| PHTML | Perl-parsed HTML |
| PIC | PC Paint bitmap Image File (binary) |
| PIC | Lotus picture file (binary) |
| PIC | Macintosh PICT drawing (binary) |
| PICT | Mac PICT image file (binary) |
| PIF | Program Information File (Binary/ASCII) |
| PIF | IBM PIF drawing (binary) |
| PIG | Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file (binary) |
| PIN | Epic Pinball data file |
| PIX | Inset Systems bitmap (binary) |
| PJ | MKS Source Integrity file |
| PJX | M$'s Visual Foxpro Project |
| PJT | M$'s Visual Foxpro Project |
| PKG | + M$ Developer Studio application extension |
| PKG | + (similar to a DLL file) (binary) |
| PKR | PGP Public Keyring |
| PL | Perl program |
| PLA | Hypertext script file (PERL?) (ASCII) |
| PLG | A file format used by REND386/AVRIL |
| PLI | Oracle 7 data description |
| PLM | DisorderTracker2 module |
| PLS | DisorderTracker2 sample; Playlist file (binary) |
| PLS | MPEG PlayList file (used by WinAmp) |
| PLS | MP3 File |
| PLT | HPGL Plotter drawing (binary) |
| PLT | AutoCAD Plot drawing (binary) |
| PLT | Gerber sign-making software |
| PM5 | Pagemaker 5.0 file |
| PM6 | Pagemaker 6.0 file |
| PNET | Network Project |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics bitmap (binary) |
| PNG | Paint Shop Pro Browser catalogue |
| PNM | Image file (binary) |
| PNT | MacPaint graphic file (binary) |
| PNTG | Same as PNT file |
| POG | Descent2 PIG file extension |
| POT | M$ PowerPoint Template |
| POV | Persistence of Vision ray-tracer |
| PP4 | Picture Publisher 4 bitmap (binary) |
| PPA | M$ PowerPoint Add-in |
| PPF | Turtle Beach Pinnacle Program File |
| PPM | Portable Pixelmap bitmap image file (binary) |
| PPP | Parson Power Publisher |
| PPP | Serif PagePlus desktop publishing default output |
| PPS | M$ PowerPoint slide show |
| PPS | Paint Shop Pro image |
| PPT | M$ PowerPoint presentation |
| PRC | 3Com Palmpilot resource (text or program) file |
| PRE | Lotus Freelance presentation |
| PRF | Windows system file |
| PRF | Macromedia Director settings file |
| PRG | dBase, Clipper, and FoxPro program source files |
| PRG | WAVmaker program |
| PRJ | Project File (3d Studio - DOS) |
| PRN | Print Table (space delimited text) (ASCII) |
| PRN | DataCAD Windows Printer file |
| PRO | Properties file (Netscape); Profile (????) (ASCII/binary) |
| PRS | Harvard Graphics for Windows presentation (binary) |
| PRT | A print-formatted file |
| PRV | A PsiMail Internet provider template file |
| PRZ | Lotus Freelance Graphics 97 file (binary) |
| PS | Postscript-formatted file (a Postscript printer-ready file) |
| PSB | Pinnacle Sound Bank |
| PSD | Adobe Photoshop bitmap image file (binary) |
| PSI | PSION a-law audio ????? (binary) |
| PSM | Protracker Studio Module format |
| PSM | Sound data for Epic's games |
| PSP | Photo Shop Pro Raster Image |
| PST | M$ Outlook Personal Folder File |
| PTM | Polytracker music module (MOD) file |
| PUB | Ventura Publisher publication |
| PUB | M$ Publisher document |
| PWD | M$ Pocket Word document |
| PWL | Windows 95 password list file |
| PWP | Photoworks image file [film roll] |
| PWZ | M$ PowerPoint Wizard |
| PXL | M$ Pocket Excel spreadsheet |
| PY | +Save emessages from Yahoo |
| PY | +Python source code |
| PYC | Python byte code file |
Q
| QAD | PF QuickArt Document |
| QBW | QuickBooks for Windows file |
| QCP | Qualcomm PureVoice file (binary) |
| QDT | + Quick Books data file from the Quicken UK |
| QDT | + Accountancy/Tax/Invoice eprogram |
| QD3D | Apple's QuickDraw 3D Metafile format |
| QFL | FAMILY LAWYER document |
| QIC | M$ Backup file |
| QIF | QuickTime-related image (MIME) |
| QIF | Quicken Import File |
| QIZ | Question text file (ASCII) (tgs) |
| QLB | Quick Library |
| QM | Quality Motion file |
| QOT | Quotes text file (ASCII) (tgs) |
| QRY | M$ Query |
| QST | Quake Spy Tab file |
| QT | QuickTime Movie (binary) |
| QTD | Parson's Announcements file (binary) |
| QTI | QuickTime-related image (binary) |
| QTIF | QuickTime-related image (binary) |
| QTM | QuickTime Movie (binary) |
| QTP | QuickTime Preferences file |
| QTS | Mac PICT image file (binary) |
| QTS | QuickTime-related image (binary) |
| QTX | QuickTime-related image (binary) |
| QW | Symantec Q&A Write program file |
| QXD | Quark XPress file |
R
| R | Pegasus Mail resource file |
| RA | RealAudio sound file (binary) |
| RAM | RealAudio metafile |
| RAR | RAR compressed archive (Eugene Roshall's format) (binary) |
| RAS | Sun Rasterfile bitmap image file (binary) |
| RAW | +Raw File Format (bitmap) (binary) |
| RAW | +Template file for MemoryMate (binary) |
| RAW | +Raw signed PCM data |
| RBH | + Maintained by RoboHELP, the RBH file adds to |
| RBH | + the information contained in the Help project file |
| RC | UNKNOWN |
| RCT | UNKNOWN |
| RDF | Resource Description Framework file (related to XML and metadata) |
| RDL | Descent Registered Level |
| REC | Recorder macro |
| REC | RapidComm voice file (binary) |
| REG | Registration/Registry file ????? |
| RES | M$ Visual C++ Resource |
| RFT | + Revisable Form Text (part of IBM's DCA or |
| RFT | + Document Content Architecture) |
| RGB | Silicon Graphics RGB files ???? (binary) |
| RIF | unknown |
| RLE | Run-Length Encoded bitmap (binary) |
| RL2 | Descent2 Registered Level |
| RM | RealAudio video file (binary) |
| RMD | M$ RegMaid document |
| RME | ASCII Readme file (tgs) |
| RMF | Rich Map Format (used by 3-D game editors to store a map) |
| RMI | MIDI music sequence (binary) |
| RMJ | RealJukebox file (binary) |
| RMX | RealJukebox file (binary) |
| ROV | Rescue Rover data file |
| RPM | RedHat Package Manager package (for Linux) |
| RPT | M$ Visual Basic Crystal Reports file |
| RRS | save file for the ace game Road Rash |
| RSL | Borderland's Paradox 7 reports |
| RTF | Rich Text Format document |
| RTM | Real Tracker music module (MOD) file |
| RTK | Used by RoboHELP to simulate the search feature of Windows help |
| RTS | +RealAudio's RTSL document |
| RTS | +RoboHELP to speed complex operations |
| RTS | +Remode Ridicule Sound File (Apogee) |
| RUL | Extension used in InstallShield |
| RVP | M$ Scan Configuration file (MIME) |
| RXX | + RAR compressed files from a multi-volume archive |
| RXX | + (XX = a number from 01 to 99) (binary) |
S
| S | Assembler source code |
| S3I | Scream Tracker v3 instrument |
| S3M | Sound module file for ScreamTracker v3 |
| SAM | +Ami Professional document |
| SAM | +Signed 8bit sample data |
| SAS | UNKNOWN |
| SAV | Saved game file |
| SB | Raw Signed Byte (8bit) data |
| SBK | + Creative Labs Soundfont 1.0 Bank file |
| SBK | + (Soundblaster)/EMU SoundFont v1.x Bank files |
| SBL | Shockwave Flash object |
| SBR | UNKNOWN |
| SC2 | +M$ Schedule+ 7 file format |
| SC2 | +SAS catalog (Windows 95/NT, OS/2, Mac) |
| SCC | M$ Source Safe file |
| SCD | +Matrix/Imapro SCODL slide image |
| SCD | +M$ Schedule+ 7 |
| SCF | Windows Explorer command file |
| SCH | M$ Schedule+ 1 |
| SCI | ScanVec Inspire Native file format |
| SCN | trueSpace2 scene |
| SCP | Dial-Up Networking Script (ASCII) |
| SCR | +Windows screensaver (binary) (Executable!) |
| SCR | +Fax image (binary) |
| SCT | +SAS catalog (DOS) ????? |
| SCT | +Scitex CT bitmap (binary) |
| SCT | +M$ FoxPro forms |
| SCT01 | SAS catalog ((UNIX)) ????? |
| SCV | ScanVec CASmate Native file format |
| SCX | M$ FoxPro forms |
| SD | Sound Designer I audio (binary) |
| SD2 | +Sound Designer 2 flattened file/data fork |
| SD2 | +SAS database (Windows 95/NT OS/2, Mac) |
| SDF | System Data File Format - legacy Unisys (Sperry) format |
| SDK | Roland S-series floppy disk image |
| SDL | SmartDraw library (binary) |
| SDR | SmartDraw drawing (binary) |
| SDS | Raw Midi Sample Dump Standard file |
| SDT | SmartDraw template |
| SDV | Semicolon Divided Values file |
| SDW | +Lotus WordPro graphic file (binary) |
| SDW | +Raw Signed DWord (32bit) data |
| SDW | +Folio Shadow file |
| SDX | Midi Sample Dump Standard files compacted by SDX |
| SEA | + Self-expanding archive (used by Stuffit for Mac |
| SEA | + files and possibly by others) (binary) |
| SEP | Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) bitmap (binary) |
| SES | Cood Edit Session file (common digital audio editor file ) |
| SET | File set for M$ backup |
| SEW | Embroidery machines graphics file - Janome (binary) |
| SF | IRCAM SoundFile format |
| SF2 | Emu SoundFont v2.0 file (binary) |
| SFD | SoundStage Sound File Data (binary) |
| SFI | SoundStage Sound File Info (binary) |
| SFL | Soft fonts file (binary) |
| SFP | Soft fonts file (binary) |
| SFR | Sonic Foundry Sample Resource |
| SFW | Seattle Film Works (Mangled JPEG) (binary) |
| SFX | RAR self-extracting archive (binary) |
| SF2 | Creative Labs Soundfont 2.0 Bank file (Soundblaster) |
| SGML | Standard Generalized Markup Language (ASCII) |
| SHB | Corel Show presentation |
| SHB | Document shortcut file |
| SHG | Hotspot bitmap (binary) |
| SHP | 3D Studio (DOS) shapes file (binary) |
| SHP | + File format used by some programs for 3D |
| SHP | + modeling of multipart interactive triangle models |
| SHS | Shell scrap file |
| SHW | Corel Show presentation |
| SIG | Signature file |
| SHTML | HTML file containing Server Side Includes (SSI) |
| SIT | Stuffit archive of Mac files (binary) |
| SIZ | Oracle 7 configuration |
| SKA | PGP secret Keyring |
| SKD | Autosketch Drawing Base (binary) |
| SKL | Macromedia Director resource file |
| SL | PACT's Save Layout extension |
| SLB | AutoDesk Slide Library File Format |
| SLD | AutoDesk Slide File Format |
| SLK | Symbolic Link (SYLK) spreadsheet |
| SM3 | DataCAD Symbol file |
| SMP | Samplevision format |
| SMP | Ad Lib Gold Sample |
| SND | +NeXT sound |
| SND | +Mac Sound Resource |
| SND | +Raw unsigned PCM data ????? |
| SND | +AKAI MPC-series sample |
| SNDR | Sounder sound file |
| SNDT | Sndtool sound file |
| SOU | SB Studio II sound |
| SPD | Speach Data file |
| SPL | +Shockwave Flash Object |
| SPL | +Digitracker Sample |
| SPP | UNKNOWN (from Autospell) |
| SQC | Structured Query Language (SQR) common code file |
| SQL | +Informix SQL queries |
| SQL | + Generally used by database products as an extension |
| SQL | + for SQL queries (scripts, text, or binary) |
| SQR | Structured Query Language program file |
| SRT | alpha sorted text file (tgs) (ASCII) |
| SSD01 | SAS data sets ((UNIX)) |
| SSD | SAS database (DOS) |
| SSI | Server Side Include ????? |
| STF | Unknown (ASCII) ????? |
| STM | + Shorter suffix for .shtml, an HTML file containing |
| STM | + a Server Side Include (SSI) |
| STM | +Scream Tracker v2 music module file |
| ST | Atari ST disk image |
| STR | Screensaver extension (binary) ????? |
| STY | Ventura Publisher style sheet |
| SVX | Amiga 8SVX sound |
| SVX | Interchange file format, 8SVX/16SV |
| SW | Raw signed Word (16bit) data |
| SWA | Shockwave audio file in Macromedia Director (an MP3 file) |
| SWF | Shockwave Flash object |
| SWP | DataCAD Swap file |
| SYS | System file |
| SYW | Yamaha SY-series wave files ????? |
T
| TAB | Guitar Tablature file |
| TAR | Tape Archive (binary) |
| TAZ | (UNIX) Gzip/Tape Archive (binary) |
| TBK | Asymetrix Toolbook interactive multimedia files |
| TCL | Script in the TCL/TK Language ????? |
| TDB | Thumbs Plus database |
| TDDD | A file format use by the Imagine & Turbo Silver ray-tracers |
| TEX | Texture file |
| TGA | Targa bitmap (binary) |
| TGS | Personal file, eg, Tom Stewart's File (ASCII) (tgs) |
| TGZ | (UNIX) Gzip/Tape Archive (binary) |
| THEME | Windows 95 Desktop Theme |
| THN | Graphics Workshop for Windows thumbnail (binary) |
| TIB | UNKNOWN (from Autospell) |
| TIF | Tagged Image File Format bitmap (binary) |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format bitmap (binary) |
| TIG | Tiger file, used by US government to distribute maps |
| TLB | OLE Type Library |
| TLE | Two-Line Element set (NASA) |
| TMP | Windows temporary file |
| TOC | Table of contents of Eudora mailboxes |
| TOL | Kodak photoenhancer |
| TOS | The Operating System for Atari 16/32 and 32/32 computers |
| TPL | CakeWalk Audio Template file |
| TPL | DataCAD Template file |
| TPP | Teleport Pro Project |
| TRK | Kermit script file |
| TRM | Terminal file |
| TRN | MKS Source Integrity project usage log |
| TSK | UNKNOWN (from Autospell) |
| TTF | TrueType font (binary) |
| TTK | Corel Catalyst Translation Tool Kit |
| TWF | TabWorks file |
| TWW | Tagwrite Template |
| TX8 | MS-DOS text (ASCII) |
| TXB | Descent/D2 Encoded Briefing File |
| TXT | ASCII text-formatted audio data ????? |
| TXT | In most cases, and ASCII text file (tgs) (ASCII) |
| TXW | Yamaha TX16W wave files ????? |
| TZ | Old compression format file (binary) |
| TZD | Time Zone Data (ASCII) (Netscape) |
| T2T | Sonata CAD modeling software file |
U
| UB | Raw unsigned byte (8-bit) data |
| UDF | Windows NT Uniqueness Database File |
| UDW | Raw unsigned doubleword (32-bit) data |
| ULAW | US telephony format (CCITT G.711) audio |
| ULT | Ultratracker music module (MOD) file |
| UNI | MikMod UniMod formatted file |
| URL | Internet shortcut file |
| USE | MKS Source Integrity file |
| UU | UU-encoded file |
| UUE | UU-encoded file |
| UW | Raw unsigned word (16-bit) data |
| UWF | UltraTracker Wave file |
V
| V8 | Covox 8-bit audio file |
| VAP | Annotated speech |
| VBA | VBase file |
| VBP | Visual Basic Project |
| VBS | Visual Basic Script (Executable Script) |
| VBW | M$ Visual Basic workspace |
| VBX | Visual Basic custom control |
| VCE | + Natural MicroSystems (NMS) unformatted voice file |
| VCE | + (used by Cool Edit) |
| VCF | Virtual card file (Netscape) |
| VCF | + Vevi configuration file; defines objects for use |
| VCF | + with Sense8's WorldToolKit |
| VCT | M$ FoxPro class library |
| VCX | M$ FoxPro class library |
| VDA | Targa bitmap (binary) |
| VI | + Virtual Instrument file from National Instruments |
| VI | + LABView product |
| VIFF | Khoros Visualization format |
| VIR | + File identified as a virus-infected file by |
| VIR | + Norton AntiVirus and possibly others |
| VIV | VivoActive Player streaming video file |
| VIZ | Division's dVS/dVISE file |
| VLB | Corel Ventura Library |
| VMF | FaxWorks audio file |
| VOC | Creative Labs, Sound Blaster audio file |
| VOX | Dialogic audio file coded using ADPCM |
| VOX | Natural MicroSystems (NMS) formatted voice file |
| VOX | Talking Technology audio file |
| VP | Ventura Publisher publication |
| VQE | Yamaha Sound-VQ Locator file |
| VQF | Yamaha Sound-VQ file (possible emerging standard) |
| VQL | Yamaha Sound-VQ Locator file |
| VRF | Oracle 7 configuration |
| VRML | A Virtual Reality Modeling Language file |
| VSD | Visio drawing (flow chart or schematic) |
| VSL | Download List file (GetRight) |
| VSS | Visio Stencil file |
| VST | Targa bitmap (binary) |
| VSW | Visio Workspace file |
| VTC | DICTIONARY file for AUTOSPELL |
| VTD | DICTIONARY file for AUTOSPELL |
| VXD | M$ Windows virtual device driver |
W
| WAB | M$ Outlook Address Book file |
| WAD | + Large binary file for Doom game containing |
| WAD | + video, player level, and other information |
| WAV | Windows Waveform sound |
| WB1 | QuattroPro for Windows spreadsheet |
| WB2 | QuattroPro for Windows spreadsheet |
| WBK | M$ Word Backup Document |
| WBL | Argo WebLoad II upload file |
| WBR | Crick Software WordBar File |
| WBT | Crick Software Wordbar Template |
| WCM | WordPerfect Macro |
| WCM | M$ Works 4.0 Communication file |
| WDB | M$ Works 4.0 database |
| WEB | CorelXara Web document |
| WFB | Turtle Beach WaveFront Bank (Maui/Rio/Monterey) |
| WFD | Turtle Beach WaveFront Drum set (Maui/Rio/Monterey) |
| WFN | symbols for use in Corel Draw |
| WFP | Turtle Beach WaveFront Program (Maui/Rio/Monterey) |
| WGP | Wild Board Games data file |
| WGT | M$ NetMeeting Whiteboard |
| WID | Ventura width table |
| WIL | WinImage file |
| WIZ | M$ Word Wizard |
| WK1 | Lotus 123 versions 1 & 2 spreadsheet |
| WK3 | Lotus 123 version 3 spreadsheet |
| WK4 | Lotus 123 version 4 spreadsheet |
| WKB | |
| WKS | Lotus 123 Worksheet spreadsheet |
| WKS | M$ Works 4.0 Sheet or Chart |
| WLD | REND386/AVRIL file |
| WLF | Argo WebLoad I upload file |
| WLL | M$ Word Add-In |
| WMF | Windows Metafile image file (binary) |
| WOW | Grave Composer music module (MOD) file |
| WP | WordPerfect document |
| WPW | Novel PerfectWorks document |
| WP4 | WordPerfect 4 document |
| WP5 | WordPerfect 5 document |
| WP6 | WordPerfect 6 document |
| WPC | UNKNOWN (binary) |
| WPD | +UNKNOWN (from Autospell) |
| WPD | +WordPerfect Demo |
| WPD | +WordPerfect 6.0/7.0 Document |
| WPG | WordPerfect Graphic file (bitmap or vector) (binary) |
| WPS | M$ Works document |
| WPT | WordPerfect Template |
| WQ1 | QuattroPro/DOS spreadsheet |
| WQ2 | QuattroPro/DOS version 5 spreadsheet |
| WR1 | Lotus Symphony |
| WRI | Write document |
| WRK | Cakewalk music audio project file |
| WRL | Virtual Reality model |
| WRZ | Another VRML fileject ????? |
| WS1 | WordStar for Windows 1 document |
| WS2 | WordStar for Windows 2 document |
| WS3 | WordStar for Windows 3 document |
| WS4 | WordStar for Windows 4 document |
| WS5 | WordStar for Windows 5 document |
| WS6 | WordStar for Windows 6 document |
| WS7 | WordStar for Windows 7 document |
| WSD | WordStar 2000 document |
| WSE | UNKNOWN (from Autospell) |
| WTA | UNKNOWN (from Autospell) |
| WVL | Wavelet Compressed Bitmap (binary) |
| WWL | M$ Word add-in file |
X
| X | AVS image format |
| XAR | Corel Xara drawing |
| XBM | A MIME 'xbitmap' image file (binary) |
| XI | Instrument sample file for ScreamTracker |
| XIF | Wang imaging file (comes with Windows 95) |
| XLA | M$ Excel add-in |
| XLB | M$ Excel toolbar |
| XLC | M$ Excel chart |
| XLD | M$ Excel dialogue |
| XLK | M$ Excel backup |
| XLL | M$ Excel add-in file |
| XLM | M$ Excel macro |
| XLS | M$ Excel worksheet |
| XLT | M$ Excel template |
| XLV | M$ Excel VBA module |
| XLW | M$ Excel workbook / workspace |
| XM | FastTracker 2, Digital Tracker music module file |
| XM | eXtended module (audio) (binary) |
| XML | ASCII data file fm ACDSee |
| XNK | M$ Exchange shortcut file |
| XPM | X BitMap format image file (binary) |
| XR1 | Epic MegaGames Xargon data file |
| XTP | XTree data file |
| XWD | X Window Dump format |
| XWF | Yamaha XG Works file (MIDI sequencing) |
| XXX | +Embroidery machines graphics file - Compucon/Singer (binary) |
| XXX | +ASCII letter template file (tgs) |
| XY3 | XYWrite III document |
| XY4 | XYWrite IV document |
| XYP | XYWrite III Plus document |
| XYW | XYWrite for Windows 4.0 document |
| X16 | Macromedia Extra (program extension), 16 bit |
| X32 | Macromedia Extra (program extension), 32 bit |
Y
| Y | YACC source |
| YAL | Arts & Letters clipart library |
| YBK | M$ Encarta Yearbook |
Z
| Z | (UNIX) Gzip compressed archive (binary) |
| ZIP | Zip file Compressed archive (binary) |
| ZOO | An early compressed file format (binary) |
„Ratschläge sind wie abgetragene Kleider:
Man benützt sie ungern, auch wenn sie passen”
♦ THORNTON WILDER ♦
