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'''[[File extension]]s''' are used by [[Windows]], [[Mac OS|Macintosh]], and now sometimes [[GNU/Linux]] [[Operating system|operating systems]] to determine how each file should be used. This is a list of some such file extensions.
==List==
===#===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| !BT || Incomplete BitTorrent download file<ref>http://dotwhat.net/safeurl/10878</ref> || BitTorrent ||
|-
| !QB || Incomplete qBittorrent download file<ref>https://x64.us/s-217162-file-extension</ref> || qBittorrent ||
|-
| !UT || Incomplete uTorrent download file<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/!ut</ref> || uTorrent ||
|}
===A===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| ABW || Document || [[AbiWord]] ||
|-
| AES || Encrypted file (Advanced Encryption Standard) || ||
|-
| AVI || Multimedia file || ||
|}
===B===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| BAT || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
|-
| BMP || Bitmap image file || ||
|}
===C===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| CAB || Cabinet file - file archive used for multiple purposes || || Windows and Windows Mobile (readable on Mac and GNU/Linux)
|-
| CFG || Program configuration file || || Windows & GNU/Linux
|-
| CMD || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
|-
| CPP || C++ source code file || Visual Studio, Eclipse, and other compilers ||
|-
| CSS || Cascading Style Sheet for websites or datasheet/file for minority program(s) || Web browsers || All major systems
|}
===D===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| DAT || Data file for an OS or program, not for direct user access || || Windows
|-
| DOC || Document file || [[Microsoft Word]], [[Open Office]], AbiWord, etc. ||
|-
| DOCX || Document file in the form of compressed XML || [[Microsoft Word]] ||
|}
===E===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| EPUB || Open XML-based e-book || ||
|-
| EXE || [[Executable file]] (Binary) || || Windows
|}
===F===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| FLV || Flash Video || Adobe Flash Player ||
|-
| FMT || Format File || WinRAR and FoxPro
|}
===G===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| GIF || Graphics Interchange Format image file || ||
|-
| GMO || GNU machine object file || || GNU/Linux
|}
===H===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| H || Header source code file for C, C++ or Objective-C<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/h</ref> || Microsoft Visual Studio, text editors, Eclipse IDE for C Developers, etc || Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
|-
| HTML || Hypertext Markup Language || Web browsers || All major systems
|}
===I===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| ICO || Icon file (image) || ||
|-
| INI || Initialization file || ||
|-
| ISO || File archive, generally used to store optical disk "images" || ||
|}
===J===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| JAR || Java archive file used by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) || Java ||
|-
| JAVA || Java source code file || Java ||
|-
| JPE || '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup compression standard image file || ||
|-
| JPEG || '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup compression standard image file || ||
|-
| JPG || '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup compression standard image file || ||
|}
===K===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| KDZ || Virus definition file || Kaspersky ||
|-
| || || ||
|}
===L===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| LNK || Shortcut to local file for web address || ||
|-
| LOG || Program or system log file || ||
|-
| LTX || LaTeX Source Document || ||
|}
===M===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| MD5 || MD5 checksum file || ||
|-
| MKV || Video container file || VLC media player, etc. ||
|-
| MOBI || E-book file || ||
|-
| MP3 || MPEG audio stream (layer 3) file || ||
|}
===N===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| || || ||
|-
| || || ||
|}
===O===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| ODF || Open Document Format || Open Office & LibreOffice ||
|-
| || || ||
|}
===P===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| PAGES || Document || ||
|-
| PDB || Database or E-book file || || Windows, Palm OS, most e-readers
|-
| PDF || [[Portable Document Format]] || [[Adobe Reader]], [[Adobe Acrobat]] || Windows, Mac OS
|-
| PHP || Hypertext Preprocessor code || Most web browsers || Major systems
|-
| PNG || Portable Network Graphics image || ||
|-
| PRC || Executable file (Palm OS) or 3D models and assemblies file (Adobe) || ||
|-
| PTT || Presentation file || Microsoft Powerpoint, OpenOffice, WPS Office, etc. ||
|-
| PTTX || Presentation file || Microsoft Powerpoint, WPS Office, etc. ||
|-
| PUB || Publication file || Microsoft Publisher ||
|}
===Q===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| QVM || Q Virtual Machine || ||
|}
===R===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| RAR || Compressed archive file || WinRAR, 7-Zip, PeaZip, etc || Wincows, Mac, GNU/Linux, Android
|-
| RTF || Rich Text file || WordPad, Microsoft Word, Open Office, etc ||
|-
| RUN || [[Executable file]] || || Mac OS
|}
===S===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| || || ||
|-
| SYS || System file || || Windows
|}
===T===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| TAR || Consolidated Unix file archive || || GNU/Linux
|-
| TEX || LaTeX source document || ||
|-
| TXT || [[Text file|Plain text]] file || ||
|}
===U===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| UFO || Graphics file || ||
|-
| URL || Web address shortcut || ||
|}
===V===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| VBS || Visual Basic Script || || Windows
|-
| VOB || Video Object || Optical media disks ||
|}
===W===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| WAV || Audio file (Microsoft Windows RIFF WAVE) || Windows Media Player, [[VLC]], etc. || All major systems
|-
| WMV || Windows Media video file || Windows media Player, [[VLC]], etc. || All major systems
|-
| WPD || WordPerfect Document, a proprietary Corel format || ||
|}
===X===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| XCF || Image file || [[GIMP]] ||
|-
| XLS || Spreadsheet file || Microsoft Excel, Open Office, LibreOffice, etc ||
|-
| XLSM || Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/xlsm</ref> || Microsoft Excel ||
|-
| XLSX || Spreadsheet file (Compressed XML) || Microsoft Excel, WPS Office, etc ||
|-
| XML || Extensible Markup Language - data transfer file || ||
|-
| XPS || Page Layout File (similar to PDF, replaced EMF)<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/xps</ref> || || Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
|}
===Y===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| YC || Archive file || ||
|-
| || || ||
|}
===Z===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| ZABW|| Gzip compressed XML document || AbiWord ||
|-
| ZIP || Compressed (Zipped) folder || 7-Zip, WinZip, Pea Zip, etc. || Mac & Windows
|}
[[category:File Extensions]]
'''[[File extension]]s''' are used by [[Windows]], [[Mac OS|Macintosh]], and now sometimes [[GNU/Linux]] [[Operating system|operating systems]] to determine how each file should be used. This is a list of some such file extensions.
==List==
===#===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| !BT || Incomplete BitTorrent download file<ref>http://dotwhat.net/safeurl/10878</ref> || BitTorrent ||
|-
| !QB || Incomplete qBittorrent download file<ref>https://x64.us/s-217162-file-extension</ref> || qBittorrent ||
|-
| !UT || Incomplete uTorrent download file<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/!ut</ref> || uTorrent ||
|}
===A===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| ABW || Document || [[AbiWord]] ||
|-
| AES || Encrypted file (Advanced Encryption Standard) || ||
|-
| AVI || Multimedia file || ||
|}
===B===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| BAT || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
|-
| BMP || Bitmap image file || ||
|}
===C===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| CAB || Cabinet file - file archive used for multiple purposes || || Windows and Windows Mobile (readable on Mac and GNU/Linux)
|-
| CFG || Program configuration file || || Windows & GNU/Linux
|-
| CMD || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
|-
| CPP || C++ source code file || Visual Studio, Eclipse, and other compilers ||
|-
| CSS || Cascading Style Sheet for websites or datasheet/file for minority program(s) || Web browsers || All major systems
|}
===D===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| DAT || Data file for an OS or program, not for direct user access || || Windows
|-
| DOC || Document file || [[Microsoft Word]], [[Open Office]], AbiWord, etc. ||
|-
| DOCX || Document file in the form of compressed XML || [[Microsoft Word]] ||
|}
===E===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| EPUB || Open XML-based e-book || ||
|-
| EXE || [[Executable file]] (Binary) || || Windows
|}
===F===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| FLV || Flash Video || Adobe Flash Player ||
|-
| FMT || Format File || WinRAR and FoxPro
|}
===G===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| GIF || Graphics Interchange Format image file || ||
|-
| GMO || GNU machine object file || || GNU/Linux
|}
===H===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| H || Header source code file for C, C++ or Objective-C<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/h</ref> || Microsoft Visual Studio, text editors, Eclipse IDE for C Developers, etc || Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
|-
| HTML || Hypertext Markup Language || Web browsers || All major systems
|}
===I===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| ICO || Icon file (image) || ||
|-
| INI || Initialization file || ||
|-
| ISO || File archive, generally used to store optical disk "images" || ||
|}
===J===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| JAR || Java archive file used by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) || Java ||
|-
| JAVA || Java source code file || Java ||
|-
| JPE || '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup compression standard image file || ||
|-
| JPEG || '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup compression standard image file || ||
|-
| JPG || '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup compression standard image file || ||
|}
===K===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| KDZ || Virus definition file || Kaspersky ||
|-
| || || ||
|}
===L===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| LNK || Shortcut to local file for web address || ||
|-
| LOG || Program or system log file || ||
|-
| LTX || LaTeX Source Document || ||
|}
===M===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| MD5 || MD5 checksum file || ||
|-
| MKV || Video container file || VLC media player, etc. ||
|-
| MOBI || E-book file || ||
|-
| MP3 || MPEG audio stream (layer 3) file || ||
|}
===N===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| || || ||
|-
| || || ||
|}
===O===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| ODF || Open Document Format || Open Office & LibreOffice ||
|-
| || || ||
|}
===P===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| PAGES || Document || ||
|-
| PDB || Database or E-book file || || Windows, Palm OS, most e-readers
|-
| PDF || [[Portable Document Format]] || [[Adobe Reader]], [[Adobe Acrobat]] || Windows, Mac OS
|-
| PHP || Hypertext Preprocessor code || Most web browsers || Major systems
|-
| PNG || Portable Network Graphics image || ||
|-
| PRC || Executable file (Palm OS) or 3D models and assemblies file (Adobe) || ||
|-
| PTT || Presentation file || Microsoft Powerpoint, OpenOffice, WPS Office, etc. ||
|-
| PTTX || Presentation file || Microsoft Powerpoint, WPS Office, etc. ||
|-
| PUB || Publication file || Microsoft Publisher ||
|}
===Q===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| QVM || Q Virtual Machine || ||
|}
===R===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| RAR || Compressed archive file || WinRAR, 7-Zip, PeaZip, etc || Wincows, Mac, GNU/Linux, Android
|-
| RTF || Rich Text file || WordPad, Microsoft Word, Open Office, etc ||
|-
| RUN || [[Executable file]] || || Mac OS
|}
===S===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| || || ||
|-
| SYS || System file || || Windows
|}
===T===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| TAR || Consolidated Unix file archive || || GNU/Linux
|-
| TEX || LaTeX source document || ||
|-
| TXT || [[Text file|Plain text]] file || ||
|}
===U===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| UFO || Graphics file || ||
|-
| URL || Web address shortcut || ||
|}
===V===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| VBS || Visual Basic Script || || Windows
|-
| VOB || Video Object || Optical media disks ||
|}
===W===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| WAV || Audio file (Microsoft Windows RIFF WAVE) || Windows Media Player, [[VLC]], etc. || All major systems
|-
| WMV || Windows Media video file || Windows media Player, [[VLC]], etc. || All major systems
|-
| WPD || WordPerfect Document, a proprietary Corel format || ||
|}
===X===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| XCF || Image file || [[GIMP]] ||
|-
| XLS || Spreadsheet file || Microsoft Excel, Open Office, LibreOffice, etc ||
|-
| XLSM || Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/xlsm</ref> || Microsoft Excel ||
|-
| XLSX || Spreadsheet file (Compressed XML) || Microsoft Excel, WPS Office, etc ||
|-
| XML || Extensible Markup Language - data transfer file || ||
|-
| XPS || Page Layout File (similar to PDF, replaced EMF)<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/xps</ref> || || Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
|}
===Y===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| YC || Archive file || ||
|-
| || || ||
|}
===Z===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
|-
| ZABW|| Gzip compressed XML document || AbiWord ||
|-
| ZIP || Compressed (Zipped) folder || 7-Zip, WinZip, Pea Zip, etc. || Mac & Windows
|}
[[category:File Extensions]]