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COMMON GENERIC TEXT FILES INCLUDE:
COMMA SEPARATED VALUES:.CSV FILE EXTENSION,THIS FILE TYPE TAKES DATA IN THE
FORM OF TABLES AND SAVES IT IN TEXT FORMAT, SEPARATING DATA ITEMS
WITHCOMMAS.
TEXT:.TXTFILE EXTENSION.A TEXT FILE IS NOT FORMATTED AND CAN BE OPENED IN ANY
WORD PROCESSOR.
RICH TEXT FORMAT:RTFFILE EXTENSION.THIS IS A TEXT FILE TYPE THAT SAVES SOME
OF THE FORMATTING WITHIN THE TEXT

COMMON GENERIC IMAGE FILES INCLUDE:


GRAPHIC INTERCHANGE FORMAT:GIF THIS FORMAT STORES STILL OR MOVING
IMAGES AND IS AN EFFICIENT METHOD OF STORING IMAGES USING ASMALLER
FILE SIZE, PARTICULARLY WHERE THERE ARE LARGE AREAS OF SOLID COLOUR.IT
IS WIDELY USED IN WEBPAGES.
JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC EXPERT GROUP:JPG/JPEG , THIS FORMAT STORES STILL
IMAGES ONLY.IT IS AN EFFICIENT METHOD OF STORING IMAGES USING A
SMALLER FILESIZE AND IS WIDELY USED IN WEB PAGES.
PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT:PDF , THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN
CONVERTED INTO AN IMAGE FORMAT.THE PAGES CAN CONTAIN CLICKABLELINKS,
VIDEO AND AUDIO.YOU CAN PROTECT A DOCUMENT IN PDF FORMAT TO STOP
OTHERS FROM EDITING IT.
PORTABLE NETWORK GRAPHICS:PNG , IT WAS CREATED TO REPLACE GIF AND IS
NOW THE MOST USED LOSSLESS COMPRESSION FORMAT USED FOR IMAGESON
THE INTERNET
COMMON GENERIC VIDEO FILES INCLUDE:
MOVING PICTURES EXPERT GROUP LAYER 4 : THESE FILES HAVE A .MP4 FILE EXTENSION . IT
IS NOT A SINGLE FILE FORMAT BUT IT IS A MULTIMEDIA CONTAINER WHICH IS USED FOR
STORING VIDEO FILES,STILL IMAGES,AUDIO FILES, SUBTITLES E.T.C

COMMON GENERIC AUDIO FILES INCLUDE:


MOVING PICTURES EXPERT GROUP LAYER 3:
THESE FILES HAVE A .MP3 FILE EXTENSION. IT IS A COMPRESSED FILE FORMAT USED FOR
LISTENING AUDIO FILES . THIS FORMAT CANNOT STORE STILL OR MOVING IMAGES

COMMON GENERIC FILES USED FOR WEB AUTHORING INCLUDE:


CASCADING STYLE SHEET : THESE FILES HAVE A .CSS FILE EXTENSION. THIS IS A STYLE SHEET
SAVED IN CASCADING STYLE SHEET FORMAT AND IS ATTACHED TO ONE OR MORE WEB PAGES
TO DEFINE THE PAGES COLOUR SHEME,FONTS,E.T.C

HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE : THESE FILES HAVE A .HTM FILE EXTENSION. THIS IS A
TEXT BASED LANGUAGE USED TO CREATE CONTENT THAT IS USED TO DISPLAY AS A WEB
PAGE
COMMON GENERIC COMPRESSED FILES INCLUDE:
ROSHAL ARCHIVE : THESE FILES HAVE A .RAR FILE EXTENSION.
THIS IS A CONTINER WHICH CAN HOLD ANY FILE TYPE IN
COMPRESSEDFORMAT. IT IS USED TO REDUCE NUMBER OFBYTES
NEEDED TO SAVE A FILE EIETHER TO SAVE STORAGE SPACE OR
NUMBER OF BYTES

ZIP: THESE FILES HAVE A .ZIP FILE EXTENSION. THIS IS A


CONTINER WHICH CAN HOLD ANY FILE TYPE IN
COMPRESSEDFORMAT. IT IS USED TO REDUCE NUMBER OFBYTES
NEEDED TO SAVE A FILE EIETHER TO SAVE STORAGE SPACE OR
NUMBER OF BYTES

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