List of Computer File Extensions and Their Meaning
The document lists various common file extensions used for different file types and provides a brief description of what each extension means. It includes extensions for executable files, audio files, video files, text files, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, system files, web files, and images. The extensions indicate file formats for programs like Microsoft Office, Adobe software, media files, programming languages, and more.
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
100%(1)100% found this document useful (1 vote)
10K views3 pages
List of Computer File Extensions and Their Meaning
The document lists various common file extensions used for different file types and provides a brief description of what each extension means. It includes extensions for executable files, audio files, video files, text files, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, system files, web files, and images. The extensions indicate file formats for programs like Microsoft Office, Adobe software, media files, programming languages, and more.
.aif AIF/Audio Interchange audio file .cda CD audio track file .iff Interchange File Format .mid or .midi MIDI audio file. .mp3 MP3 audio file .mpa MPEG-2 audio file .wav WAVE file .wma Windows Media audio file .wpl Windows Media Player playlist Video File Extensions
File Extension File Extension Meaning
.avi Audio Video Interleave File .flv Adobe Flash Video File .h264 H.264 video File .m4v Apple MP4 video File .mkv Matroska Multimedia Container .mov Apple QuickTime movie File .mp4 MPEG-4 Video File .mpg or .mpeg MPEG video File .rm Real Media File .swf Shockwave flash File .vob DVD Video Object File .wmv Windows Media Video File .3g2 3GPP2 Multimedia File .3gp 3GPP multimedia File Text File Extensions
File Extension File Extension Meaning
.doc and .docx Microsoft Word file .odt OpenOffice Writer document file .msg Outlook Mail Message .pdf PDF file .rtf Rich Text Format File .tex A LaTeX document file .txt Plain text file Microsoft Works Word Processor .wks and .wps Document file .wpd WordPerfect document Spreadsheet File Extensions
File Extension File Extension Meaning
.ods OpenOffice Calc spreadsheet file .xlr Microsoft Works spreadsheet file .xls Microsoft Excel file Microsoft Excel Open XML .xlsx spreadsheet file Presentation File Extensions
File Extension File Extension Meaning
.key Keynote presentation .odp OpenOffice Impress presentation file .pps PowerPoint slide show .ppt PowerPoint presentation .pptx PowerPoint Open XML presentation Database File Extensions
File Extension File Extension Meaning
.accdb Access 2007 Database File .csv Comma separated value file .dat Data file .db or .dbf Database file .log Log file .mdb Microsoft Access database file .pdb Program Database .sav Save file (e.g. game save file) SQL/Structured Query Language .sql database file .tar Linux / Unix tarball file archive System Related File Extensions
File Extension File Extension Meaning
.bak Backup file .cab Windows Cabinet file .cfg Configuration file .cpl Windows Control panel file .cur Windows cursor file .dll DLL file File Extension File Extension Meaning .dmp Dump file .drv Device driver file .icns macOS X icon resource file .ico Icon file .ini Initialization file .lnk Windows shortcut file .msi Windows installer package .sys Windows system file .tmp Temporary file Web File Extensions
File Extension File Extension Meaning
.asp and .aspx Active Server Page file .cer Internet security certificate .cfm ColdFusion Markup file .cgi or .pl Perl script file .css Cascading Style Sheet file HTML/Hypertext Markup Language .htm and .html file .js JavaScript file .jsp Java Server Page file .part Partially downloaded file .php PHP Source Code file .rss RSS/Rich Site Summary file XHTML / Extensible Hypertext .xhtml Markup Language file
Image File Extensions
File Extension File Extension Meaning
.ai Adobe Illustrator file .bmp Bitmap image File GIF/Graphical Interchange Format .gif image .ico Icon file .jpeg or .jpg JPEG image .max 3ds Max Scene File .obj Wavefront 3D Object File PNG / Portable Network Graphic .png image .ps PostScript file PSD / Adobe Photoshop Document .psd image .svg Scalable Vector Graphics file .tif or .tiff TIFF image .3ds 3D Studio Scene .3dm Rhino 3D Model