List of File Extensions
Posted by admin on 18 Mar 2008 at 06:44 pm | Tagged as: operating system, windows
Okay now before we go on to populate this page with some of the file extensions, lets first see what exactly it is all about. File extensions are unique identification letters given to some files so as to indicate their type and sometimes even their contents. Some of the important file extensions are given below:
AR: Javasoft JRE 1.3 Library File
ARC: Archive
ASC: ASCII Text
ASP: Active Server Page
AUTOCONF: UNIX File
AVI: Audio Video Interleave file
BDF: X11 Bitmap Distribution Format
BIF: Binary Information File
BMF: BMF Bitmap
BPC: BuildPro File
BRS: Corel Painter Brush File
BRX: Multimedia Browsing Index
BUC: Photoshop Elements Backup File (Adobe Systems Inc.)
BUF: WinXL File
Bug: Bug (problem) File
CAB: Cabinet File (Microsoft Corp.)
CB: Clean Boot File (Microsoft)
CBL: COBOL Program
CCK: Corel Clipart Format (Corel)
CCX: CorelDraw File
CDB: Clipboard File
CDR: Sound File
CDT: CorelDraw Template (Corel)
CLS: Visual Basic Class Mode
CMD: DOS CP/M Command File
CMP: JPEG Bitmap
CMT: CorelDraw
COB: COBOL Program File
COM: Command
CONF: Linux Configuration File
CTC: PC Installer Control
DAO: Windows Registry Backup
DDT: Linux Configuration File
DIR: Directory Indicator (Microsoft)
DOC: Microsoft Document/Documentation
DOS: Network Driver File
EXE: Executable File (Microsoft)
GIF: Graphic Interchange Format
HIPS: Bitmap Graphic
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language
IDX: Index
IP: Internet Protocol
ISP: Internet Communication Settings
JAR: Java Archive Software
JPEG: JPEG/JIFF Image
KEY: Keyboard Definition File
MIME: Multi Purpose Internet Mail Extensions File
MP3: AlbumWrap Wrapped Music File Archive
MP4: MPEG-4 Video File
OGG: Ogg Vorbis Codec Compressed Multimedia File
OMF: Open Media Format File
RAR: WinRAR compressed Archive
SAT: Firefox Bookmark Backup File
SIS: Symbian OS Installer File
TFT: Text Formatter Plus Text File Information
These were just some of the many file extensions known, which helps the user to get a brief idea of the type of software he is downloading and whether or not the file is compatible with his system.
