Almost every file format in the world!

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ABK ACL Corel Draw AutoBackup Corel Draw 6 keyboard accelerator ACM Used by Windows in the system directory ACP ACT ACV AD ADB ADD Microsoft Office Assistant Preview file Microsoft Office Assistant Actor file OS/2 drivers that compress and decompress audio data After Dark screensaver Appointment database used by HP 100LX organizer OS/2 adapter drivers used in the boot process

ADM After Dark MultiModule screensaver ADP ADR Used by FaxWorks to do setup for fax modem interaction After Dark Randomizer screensaver

AFM Adobe font metrics AF2 AF3 AI AIF ALB ALL AMS ANC ANI ANS API APR APS ARC ARJ ART ART ABC Flowchart file ABC Flowchart file Adobe Illustrator drawing Apple Mac AIFF sound JASC Image Commander album Arts & Letters Library Velvert Studio music module (MOD) file Canon Computer Pattern Maker file that is a selectable list of pattern colors Animated Cursor ANSI text Application Program Interface file; used by Adobe Acrobat Lotus Approach 97 file Microsoft Visual C++ file LH ARC (old version) compressed archive Robert Jung ARJ compressed archive Xara Studio drawing Canon Crayola art file

ASA ASC ASD

Microsoft Visual InterDev file ASCII text WinWord AutoSave

ASM Assembler language source file ASP ASP AST ATT AVI Active Server Page (an HTML file containing a Microsoft server-processed script) Procomm Plus setup and connection script Claris Works "assistant" file AT&T Group 4 bitmap Microsoft Video for Windows movie

AWD FaxView document

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BAK BAS BAT BFC BG BI BIF BIN BK BK$ BKS BMK BMP BM1 BRX BSP BS1 BTM B4 Backup file BASIC code Batch file Windows 95 Briefcase document Backgammon for Windows game Binary file GroupWise initialization file Binary file Sometimes used to denote backup versions Also sometimes used to denote backup versions An IBM BookManager Read bookshelf An A bookmark file Windows or OS/2 bitmap Apogee BioMenace data file A file for browsing an index of multimedia options Quake map Apogee Blake Stone data file Batch file used by Norton Utilities Helix Nuts and Bolts file

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C CAB CAL CAL CAS CAT CB CCB CCF CCH CCM CDA CDF CDI CDR CDT CDX CEL CFB CFG CGI CGM CH CHK CHP CIL CIM CIN CK1 CK2 C code Microsoft cabinet file (program files compressed for software distribution) CALS Compressed Bitmap Calendar schedule data Comma-delimited ASCII file IntelliCharge categorization file used by Quicken Microsoft clean boot file Visual Basic Animated Button configuration Multimedia Viewer configuration file used in OS/2 Corel Chart Lotus CC:Mail "box" (for example, INBOX.CCM) CD Audio Track Microsoft Channel Definition Format file Phillips Compact Disk Interactive format Core Draw drawing Corel Draw template Corel Draw compressed drawing CIMFast Event Language file Comptons Multimedia file Configuration file Common Gateway Interface script file Computer Graphics Metafile OS/2 configuration file File fragments saved by Windows Disk Defragmenter or ScanDisk Ventura Publisher chapter Clip Gallery download package Sim City 200 file OS/2 change control file that tracks changes to an INI file iD/Apogee Commander Keen 1 data file iD/Apogee Commander Keen 2 data file

CK3 CK4 CK5 CK6

iD/Apogee Commander Keen 3 data file iD/Apogee Commander Keen 4 data file iD/Apogee Commander Keen 5 data file iD/Apogee Commander Keen 6 data file

CLASS Java class CLP CLS CMD CMD CMD CMF CMP CMP CMV CMX CNF CNM CNQ CNT COB COD COM CPD CPE CPI CPL CPL CPP CPR CPT CPX CRD CRP CRT Windows Clipboard file Visual Basic Class Module Command file for Windows NT (similar to a DOS .BAT file) DOS CP/M command file dBase-II program file Corel Metafile JPEG Bitmap Address document Corel Move animation Corel Presentation Exchange image Configuration file used by Telnet, Windows, and other applications Windows application menu options and setup file Compuworks Design Shop file Windows (or other) system content files for the help index and other purposes trueSpace2 object Microsoft C compiler output as displayable assembler with original C as comments Command file (program) Fax Cover document Fax Cover document Microsoft MS-DOS code page information file Control Panel extension Corel colour palette C++ code Corel Presents Presentation Corel Photo-Paint image Corel Presentation Exchange Compressed drawing Cardfile file Corel Presents Run-Time Presentation Certificate file

CSC CSP CSV CT CTL CUE CUR CUT CV CV CWK CWS CXX

Corel Script PC Emcee On-Screen image Comma-separated values file Scitex CT Bitmap Used in general to mean a file containing control information. Microsoft Cue Cards data Windows Cursor Dr Halo bitmap Corel Versions archive Microsoft CodeView information screen Claris Works data file Claris Works template C++ source code file

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DAT DAT DBF DBX DCR DCS DCX DDF DEF DEF DER DIB DIC DIF DIR DIZ Data file WordPerfect Merge Data Aston-Tate dBASE database DataBeam image Shockwave file Desktop Color Separation file Fax image (based on PCX) BTRIEVE database SmartWare II data file C++ Definition Certificate file Device-Independent Bitmap Dictionary Data Interchange Format spreadsheet Macromedia Director file Description file

DLG DLL DMF DOC DOC DOC DOC DOT DPR DRV DRW DSG DSM DSP DSQ DSW DWG DXF

C++ Dialogue Script Dynamic-Link Library X-Trakker music module (MOD) file FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document WordStar document WordPerfect document Microsoft Word document Microsoft Word document Template Borland Delphi project header file Driver Micrografx Designer/Draw DooM saved game Dynamic Studio music module (MOD) file Microsoft Developer Studio project Corel QUERY file Microsoft Developer Studio workspace AutoCAD drawing eXchange format AutoDesk Drawing Interchange format

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EMF ENC EPS ER1 ERX EVY EWL EXE Enhanced Windows Metafile Encore file Encapsulated PostScript image ERWin file ERWin file Envoy document Microsoft Encarta document Executable file (program)

F F77 F90 FAR FAV FAX FH3 FIF FITS FLC FLI FLT FLT FMB FMT FMT FMX FOG FON FOR FOT FP FP1 FP3 FPX FRM FRM FRM FRM FRM FRX

FORTRAN file FORTRAN file FORTRAN file Farandole Composer music module (MOD) file Microsoft Outlook navigation bar FAX Type image Aldus Freehand 3 drawing Fractal image file CCD camera image AutoDesk FLIC animation AutoDesk FLIC animation Corel filter StarTrekker music module (MOD) file Oracle binary source code for form, version 4.0 and later Oracle text format of form, version 4.0 and later Microsoft Schedule+ print file Oracle executable form, version 4.0 and later Fontographer font System font FORTRAN file Font-related file FileMaker Pro file Flying Pigs for Windows data file FileMaker Pro file FlashPix bitmap Form FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document Oracle executable form version 3.0 and earlier Visual Basic form WordPerfect Merge form Visual Basic form stash file

GAL GCP GED

Corel Multimedia Manager album Ground Control Point file used in image processing of remote sensing data . Graphic Environment Document (drawing)

GEM GEM metafile GEN GFC GFI GFX GID GIF GIM GIX Ventura-Generated text file Patton&Patton Flowcharting 4 flowchart file Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation Windows 95 global index file (containing help status) CompuServe bitmap Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation

GNA Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation GNX Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation GRA Microsoft Graph GRD Grid file, used in image processing of remote sensing data often to form map projections. GRP GTK GT2 Program Manager Group Graoumftracker (old) music module (MOD) file Graoumftracker (new) music module (MOD) file

GWX Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation GWZ Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation GZ Unix Gzip compressed file

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H HED HEL HEX HGL HLP C program header HighEdit document Microsoft Hellbender saved game Macintosh BinHex 2.0 file HP Graphics Language drawing Help file

HOG HPJ HPP HQX HST HT HTM HTML HTX

Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file Visual Basic Help Project C++ program header Macintosh BinHex 4.0 file History file HyperTerminal Hypertext document Hypertext document Extended HTML template

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ICA Citrix file ICB Targa bitmap ICM Image Color Matching profile file ICO Windows Icon IDD MIDI Instrument Definition IDQ Internet Data Query file IFF IGF IIF Amiga ILBM Inset Systems metafile QuickBooks for Windows interchange file

IMA WinImage file IMG GEM image INC Assembler language or Active Server include file INF INI INP INS INS ISO ISP ISU IT Information file Initialization file Oracle source code for form, version 3.0 and earlier InstallShield install script X-Internet sign-up file Lists the files on a CD-ROM; based on the ISO 9660 CD-ROM file system standard X-Internet sign-up file InstallShield uninstall script Impulse Tracker music module (MOD) file

IW

Idlewild screensaver

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JAR JAVA JBF JFF JIF JMP JN1 JPEG JPG JS JTF Java ARchive file (a compressed file for applets and related files) Java source code Paint Shop Pro image browser file JPEG bitmap JPEG bitmap SAS JMPDiscovery chart-to-statistics file Epic MegaGames Jill of the Jungle data file JPEG bitmap JPEG bitmap _JavaScript source code JPEG bitmap

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KDC KFX KYE Kodak Photo-Enhancer KoFax Group 4 image Kye game data

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LBM LDB LEG Deluxe Paint bitmap Microsoft Access lock file Legacy document

LHA LIB LIS LOG LPD LRC LST LWO LWP LZH LZS

Alternate file suffix for LZH Library Output file produced by a Structured Query Reporting (SQR) program Log file Helix Nuts and Bolts file Intel Video Phone file List file Lightwave Object file Lotus Wordpro 96/97 file LH ARC compressed archive Skyroads data file

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M3D MAC MAD MAF MAK MAM MAP MAP MAQ MAR MAS MAT MAX MAZ MB1 MCC MCS Corel Motion 3D animation MacPaint image Microsoft Access module Microsoft Access Form Visual Basic or MS Visual C++ Project Microsoft Access Macro Map file Duke Nukem 3D WAD game file Microsoft Access Query Microsoft Access Report Lotus Freelance Graphics Smartmaster file Microsoft Access Table Paperport file Hover maze data Apogee Monster Bash data file Dialer10 calling card MathCAD image

MCW Microsoft Word for Macintosh document

MDA MDB MDE MDL MDL MDN

Microsoft Access add-in Microsoft Access database Microsoft Access MDE file Digital Tracker music module (MOD) file Quake model file Microsoft Access blank database template

MDW Microsoft Access Workgroup MDZ MED MER MET MI MIC MID MMF Microsoft Access wizard template Music Editor, OctaMED music module (MOD) file Format for interchanging spreadsheet/database data; recognized by Filemaker, Excel, and others Presentation Manager metafile Miscellaneous Microsoft Image Composer file MIDI music Microsoft Mail File

MMM Microsoft Multimedia Movie MOD MOD MOV MPE FastTracker, StarTrekker, Noise Tracker (etc.) music module file Microsoft Multiplan spreadsheet QuickTime for Windows movie MPEG animation

MPEG MPEG animation MPG MPP MPP MP3 MSG MSN MSP MTM MUS MVB MWP MPEG animation Microsoft Project file CAD drawing file format MPEG Audio Layer 3 (AC3) file Microsoft Mail message Microsoft Network document Microsoft Paint bitmap MultiTracker music module (MOD) file Music Microsoft Multimedia Viewer file Lotus Wordpro 97 Smartmaster file

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NAP NCB NSF NST NTF NAP Metafile Microsoft Developer Studio file Lotus Notes database Noise Tracker music module (MOD) file Lotus Notes database template

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OBD OBD OBJ OBZ OCX OFN OFT OKT OLB OLE OPT ORG OR2 OR3 Microsoft Office binder template Microsoft Office Binder Object file Microsoft Office Binder Wizard Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding custom control Microsoft Office FileNew file Microsoft Outlook template Oktalyzer music module (MOD) file OLE Object Library OLE object Microsoft Developer Studio file Lotus Organiser file Lotus Organiser 2 file Lotus Organiser 97 file

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P10 Tektronix Plot 10 drawing

PAB PAK PAL PAT PBK

Microsoft Personal Address Book Quake WAD file Windows colour palette Corel Draw pattern Microsoft Phonebook

PBM Portable Bitmap PCD PCL PCS PCT PCX PDF PDF PDQ PFA PFB PFC PFM PGL Kodak Photo-CD image HP Laserjet bitmap PICS animation Macintosh PICT drawing ZSoft PC Paintbrush bitmap Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format or Netware Printer Definition File Package Definition File from Microsoft Systems Management Server Patton&Patton Flowcharting PDQ Lite file Type 1 font (ASCII) Type 1 font (binary) PF Component Printer Font Metrics HP Plotter drawing

PGM Portable Graymap (bitmap) PIC PIC PIC PIF PIF PIG PIN PIN PIX PJ PKG PL PLT PLT PC Paint bitmap Lotus picture Macintosh PICT drawing Program Information File IBM PIF drawing Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file Epic Pinball data file Epic Pinball data file Inset Systems bitmap MKS Source Integrity file Microsoft Developer Studio application extension (similar to a DLL file) Perl program HPGL Plotter drawing AutoCAD Plot drawing

PM5 PM6 P65 PNG PNG PNT POT PP4 PPA PPM PPS PPT PRE PRF PRN PRS PRZ PS PSD PST

Pagemaker 5.0 file Pagemaker 6.0 file Pagemaker 6.5 file Portable Network Graphics bitmap Paint Shop Pro Browser catalogue MacPaint graphic file Microsoft PowerPoint Template Picture Publisher 4 bitmap Microsoft PowerPoint Add-in Portable Pixelmap bitmap Microsoft PowerPoint slide show Microsoft PowerPoint presentation Lotus Freelance presentation Windows system file Print Table (space delimited text) Harvard Graphics for Windows presentation Lotus Freelance Graphics 97 file Postscript Interpreted drawing Adobe Photoshop bitmap Microsoft Outlook Personal Folder File

PTM Polytracker music module (MOD) file PUB PUB Ventura Publisher publication Microsoft Publisher document

PWD Microsoft Pocket Word document PWZ Microsoft PowerPoint Wizard PXL Microsoft Pocket Excel spreadsheet

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QAD QBW QDT QLB PF QuickArt Document QuickBooks for Windows file Quick Books data file from the Quicken UK Accountancy/Tax/Invoice program Quick Library

QRY QT QTM QXD

Microsoft Query QuickTime Movie QuickTime Movie Quark XPress file

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R RA RAM RAS RAW RC REC REG RES RFT RLE RM RMI ROV RPT RTF RTM Pegasus Mail resource file Real Audio sound Real Audio sound Sun Raster Images bitmap Raw File Format (bitmap) Microsoft Visual C++ Resource Script Recorder macro Registration file Microsoft Visual C++ Resource RFT-DCA Run-Length Encoded bitmap Real Audio video file MIDI music Rescue Rover data file Microsoft Visual Basic Crystal Reports file Rich Text Format document Real Tracker music module (MOD) file

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SAM Ami Professional document SAV SCC Saved game file Microsoft Source Safe file

SCD SCD SCH SCN SCP SCR SCR SCT SC2 SDL SDR SDT SEA SEP SHB SHB SHG SHS

Matrix/Imapro SCODL slide image Microsoft Schedule+ 7 Microsoft Schedule+ 1 trueSpace2 scene Dial-Up Networking Script Windows screensaver Fax image Scitex CT bitmap Microsoft Schedule+ 7 SmartDraw library SmartDraw drawing SmartDraw template Self-expanding archive (used by Stuffit for Mac files and possibly by others) Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) bitmap Corel Show presentation Document shortcut file Hotspot bitmap Shell scrap file

SHW Corel Show presentation SIT SLK SND SND SQC SQR STM STY SVX SYS S3M Stuffit archive of Mac files Symbolic Link (SYLK) spreadsheet NeXT sound Mac Sound Resource Structured Query Language (SQR) common code file Structured Query Language (SQR) program file Scream Tracker music module (MOD) file Ventura Publisher style sheet Amiga 8SVX sound System file Scream Tracker 3 music module (MOD) file

TAR TAZ TEX TGA TGZ THEME THN TIF TIFF TIG TLB TMP TRM TRN TTF TWF TWW TX8 TXT T2T

Tape Archive Unix Gzip/Tape Archive Texture file Targa bitmap Unix Gzip/Tape Archive Windows 95 Desktop Theme Graphics Workshop for Windows thumbnail Tag Image File Format (TIFF) bitmap Tag Image File Format (TIFF) bitmap Tiger file, used by US government to distribute maps OLE Type Library Windows temporary file Terminal file MKS Source Integrity project usage log TrueType font TabWorks file Tagwrite Template MS-DOS Text Text Sonata CAD modelling software file

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UDF ULT URL USE Windows NT Uniqueness Database File Ultratracker music module (MOD) file Internet shortcut MKS Source Integrity file

VBP VBW VBX VCF VDA VI VLB VOC VP VSD VST VSW VXD

Visual Basic Project Microsoft Visual Basic workspace Visual Basic custom control Vevi Configuration File; defines objects for use with Sense8's WorldToolKit Targa bitmap Virtual Instrument file from National Instruments LABView product Corel Ventura Library Creative Labs Sound Blaster sound Ventura Publisher publication Visio drawing (flow chart or schematic) Targa bitmap Visio Workspace file Microsoft Windows virtual device driver

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WAD WAV WB1 WB2 WBK WBL Large file for Doom game containing video, player level, and other information Windows Waveform sound QuattroPro for Windows spreadsheet QuattroPro for Windows spreadsheet Microsoft Word Backup Argo WebLoad II upload file

WCM WordPerfect Macro WDB WEB WGP WID WIL WIZ WK1 WK3 WK4 WKS Microsoft Works database CorelXara Web document Wild Board Games data file Ventura width table WinImage file Microsoft Word Wizard Lotus 123 versions 1 & 2 spreadsheet Lotus 123 version 3 spreadsheet Lotus 123 version 4 spreadsheet Lotus 123 Worksheet spreadsheet

WKS WLF WLL WMF

Microsoft Works document Argo WebLoad I upload file Microsoft Word Add-In Windows Metafile

WOW Grave Composer music module (MOD) file WP WPW WP4 WP5 WP6 WPD WPD WPG WPS WPT WQ1 WQ2 WRI WRL WS1 WS2 WS3 WS4 WS5 WS6 WS7 WSD WVL WordPerfect document Novel PerfectWorks document WordPerfect 4 document WordPerfect 5 document WordPerfect 6 document WordPerfect Demo WordPerfect Document WordPerfect Graphic Microsoft Works document WordPerfect Template QuattroPro/DOS spreadsheet QuattroPro/DOS version 5 spreadsheet Write document Virtual Reality model WordStar for Windows 1 document WordStar for Windows 2 document WordStar for Windows 3 document WordStar for Windows 4 document WordStar for Windows 5 document WordStar for Windows 6 document WordStar for Windows 7 document WordStar 2000 document Wavelet Compressed Bitmap

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XAR XLA Corel Xara drawing Microsoft Excel add-in

XLB XLC XLD XLK XLM XLS XLT XLV XLW XM XR1 XTP XY3 XY4 XYP XYW

Microsoft Excel toolbar Microsoft Excel chart Microsoft Excel dialogue Microsoft Excel backup Microsoft Excel macro Microsoft Excel worksheet Microsoft Excel template Microsoft Excel VBA module Microsoft Excel workbook / workspace FastTracker 2, Digital Tracker music module (MOD) file Epic MegaGames Xargon data file XTree data file XYWrite III document XYWrite IV document XYWrite III Plus document XYWrite for Windows 4.0 document

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YAL YBK Arts & Letters clipart library Microsoft Encarta Yearbook

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Z ZIP ZOO Unix Gzip Zip file An early compressed file format

Numbers and symbols

A B CD E F G H I J K LM N OP Q R S T U V W XY Z No#
000-999 12M 123 2GR and 3GR 386 669 #01 and higher $$$ @@@ Used to number old versions of files and number related data files Lotus 123 97 Smartmaster file Lotus 123 97 file VGA Graphics driver/configuration files under Windows A file for use in an 80386 or higher microprocessor Composer 669, Unis Composer music mod file A method of numbering picture files for a roll of film that has been scanned Used by OS/2 to keep track of archived files Screen files used in the installation and instruction on use of applications