Computer File Format Encyclopedia
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Core Format Technical Dossiers
Portable Document Format.pdfRead dossier Portable Network Graphics.pngRead dossier Joint Photographic Experts Group.jpgRead dossier Google Web Picture Format.webpRead dossier AV1 Image File Format.avifRead dossier Scalable Vector Graphics.svgRead dossier Office Open XML Document.docxRead dossier ZIP Compressed Archive.zipRead dossier Graphics Interchange Format.gifRead dossier JavaScript Object Notation.jsonRead dossier Comma-Separated Values.csvRead dossier Extensible Markup Language.xmlRead dossier Advanced Audio Coding.aacRead dossier Audio Interchange File Format.aiffRead dossier Apple Lossless Audio Codec.alacRead dossier Monkey's Audio Lossless Format.apeRead dossier Free Lossless Audio Codec.flacRead dossier MPEG-4 Audio Container.m4aRead dossier MPEG-4 Audiobook Container.m4bRead dossier Musical Instrument Digital Interface.midRead dossier MPEG Audio Layer III.mp3Read dossier Ogg Vorbis Audio Container.oggRead dossier Opus Interactive Audio Codec.opusRead dossier Waveform Audio File Format.wavRead dossier 3GPP Multimedia Container.3gpRead dossier Audio Video Interleave.aviRead dossier Flash Video Container.flvRead dossier Matroska Multimedia Container.mkvRead dossier Apple QuickTime Movie.movRead dossier MPEG-4 Part 14 Container.mp4Read dossier WebM Open Media Container.webmRead dossier Sony Alpha Raw.arwRead dossier Canon Raw 2.cr2Read dossier Canon Raw 3.cr3Read dossier Canon Raw CIFF.crwRead dossier Kodak Digital Camera Raw.dcrRead dossier Kodak Professional DCS Raw.dcsRead dossier Digital Negative.dngRead dossier Kodak Pro SLR/n Raw.drfRead dossier Kodak DC25 Raw.k25Read dossier Kodak Digital Camera File.kdcRead dossier Nikon Electronic Format.nefRead dossier Nikon Coolpix Raw.nrwRead dossier Olympus Raw Format.orfRead dossier Pentax Electronic File.pefRead dossier Pentax Raw Variant.ptxRead dossier Fujifilm Raw File.rafRead dossier Generic Raw Image.rawRead dossier Panasonic Lumix Raw.rw2Read dossier Leica Raw Image.rwlRead dossier Sony Raw 2.sr2Read dossier Sony Raw Format.srfRead dossier Samsung Raw File.srwRead dossier Sigma Foveon Raw.x3fRead dossier Animated Portable Network Graphics.apngRead dossier Bitmap Image File.bmpRead dossier Windows Cursor Resource.curRead dossier Drawing Exchange Format.dxfRead dossier Enhanced Metafile.emfRead dossier Encapsulated PostScript.epsRead dossier OpenEXR High Dynamic Range.exrRead dossier Radiance RGBE Image.hdrRead dossier High Efficiency Image Container.heicRead dossier Windows Icon Resource.icoRead dossier JPEG File Interchange Format.jfifRead dossier Portable Bitmap Format.pbmRead dossier ZSoft PC Paintbrush Bitmap.pcxRead dossier Portable Graymap Format.pgmRead dossier Portable Pixmap Format.ppmRead dossier Photoshop Large Document Format.psbRead dossier Photoshop Document.psdRead dossier Truevision TGA Image.tgaRead dossier Tagged Image File Format.tiffRead dossier Windows Metafile.wmfRead dossier 7-Zip Archive.7zRead dossier Brotli Compressed Stream.brRead dossier Bzip2 Compressed Archive.bz2Read dossier Deflate Compressed Stream.deflateRead dossier Gzip Compressed Archive.gzRead dossier RAR Archive.rarRead dossier Tape Archive.tarRead dossier Tar Gzip Compressed Archive.tar.gzRead dossier Zstandard Compressed Stream.zstRead dossier Amazon Kindle Format 8.azw3Read dossier Electronic Publication.epubRead dossier FictionBook 2.0.fb2Read dossier HyperText Markup Language.htmlRead dossier Windows Initialization Configuration.iniRead dossier Markdown Document.mdRead dossier Mobipocket Ebook.mobiRead dossier Palm OS Database.pdbRead dossier Structured Query Language Script.sqlRead dossier Tom's Obvious Minimal Language.tomlRead dossier Plain Text File.txtRead dossier YAML Ain't Markup Language.yamlRead dossier Environment Configuration File.envRead dossier Binary glTF 3D Asset.glbRead dossier GL Transmission Format.gltfRead dossier Wavefront 3D Object.objRead dossier Polygon File Format.plyRead dossier Standard Triangle Language.stlRead dossier Cartesian Chemical Coordinate File.xyzRead dossier OpenType Font.otfRead dossier TrueType Font.ttfRead dossier Web Open Font Format.woffRead dossier Web Open Font Format 2.0.woff2Read dossier Advanced SubStation Alpha.assRead dossier SubRip Subtitle.srtRead dossier MicroDVD Subtitle.subRead dossier Web Video Text Tracks.vttRead dossier X.509 Security Certificate.cerRead dossier SSL/TLS X.509 Certificate.crtRead dossier Distinguished Encoding Rules Certificate.derRead dossier PKCS #12 Personal Information Exchange.p12Read dossier Privacy-Enhanced Mail Certificate.pemRead dossier Electronic Mail Message.emlRead dossier Unix Mailbox Format.mboxRead dossier Microsoft Outlook Item.msgRead dossier vCard Electronic Business Card.vcfRead dossier FASTA Biological Sequence Format.fastaRead dossier Flexible Image Transport System.fitsRead dossier NCBI GenBank Flat File.gbRead dossier Hierarchical Data Format 5.hdf5Read dossier Network Common Data Form.ncRead dossier Geographic JavaScript Object Notation.geojsonRead dossier Keyhole Markup Language.kmlRead dossier GPS Exchange Format.gpxRead dossier Database & System Backup File.bakRead dossier Apple Disk Image.dmgRead dossier ISO 9660 Optical Disc Image.isoRead dossier QEMU Copy-On-Write v2.qcow2Read dossier Virtual Hard Disk.vhdRead dossier
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