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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.
 
'''[[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==
 
==List==
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===#===
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{| class="wikitable"
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|-
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! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
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|-
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| !BT || Incomplete BitTorrent download file<ref>http://dotwhat.net/safeurl/10878</ref> || BitTorrent ||
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|-
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| !QB || Incomplete qBittorrent download file<ref>https://x64.us/s-217162-file-extension</ref> || qBittorrent ||
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|-
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| !UT || Incomplete uTorrent download file<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/!ut</ref> || uTorrent ||
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|}
 
===A===
 
===A===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
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! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
|-
 
|-
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| ABW || [[AbiWord]] document || Example ||
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| ABW || Document || [[AbiWord]] ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| AES || Encrypted file (Advanced Encryption Standard) ||  ||
 
| AES || Encrypted file (Advanced Encryption Standard) ||  ||
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|-
 
|-
 
| BAT || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
 
| BAT || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
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|-
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| BMP || Bitmap image file ||  ||
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|-
 
|-
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
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|-
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| CAB || Cabinet file - file archive used for multiple purposes ||  || Windows and Windows Mobile (readable on Mac and GNU/Linux)
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|-
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| CFG || Program configuration file ||  || Windows & GNU/Linux
 
|-
 
|-
 
| CMD || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
 
| CMD || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
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| DAT || Data file for an OS or program, not for direct user access || || Windows
 
| DAT || Data file for an OS or program, not for direct user access || || Windows
 
|-
 
|-
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| DOC || Document file || [[Microsoft Word]], [[Open Office]], AbiWord, etc.
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| DOC || Document file || [[Microsoft Word]], [[Open Office]], AbiWord, etc. ||
 
|-
 
|-
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| DOCX || Document file in the form of compressed XML || [[Microsoft Word]]
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| DOCX || Document file in the form of compressed XML || [[Microsoft Word]] ||
 
|}
 
|}
  
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! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Example || Example || Example ||
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| EPUB || Open XML-based e-book || ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| EXE || [[Executable file]] (Binary) ||  || Windows
 
| EXE || [[Executable file]] (Binary) ||  || Windows
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| FLV || Flash Video || Adobe Flash Player ||
 
| FLV || Flash Video || Adobe Flash Player ||
 
|-
 
|-
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| Example || Example || Example
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| FMT || Format File || WinRAR and FoxPro
 
|}
 
|}
 
===G===
 
===G===
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| GIF || Graphics Interchange Format image file ||  ||
 
| GIF || Graphics Interchange Format image file ||  ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Example || Example || Example ||
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| GMO || GNU machine object file || || GNU/Linux
 
|}
 
|}
 
===H===
 
===H===
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! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
|-
 
|-
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| HTML || Hypertext Markup Language || Web browsers !! All major systems ||
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| 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
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Example || Example || Example ||
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| HTML || Hypertext Markup Language || Web browsers || All major systems
 
|}
 
|}
 
===I===
 
===I===
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|-
 
|-
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
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|-
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| ICO || Icon file (image)  ||  ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| INI || Initialization file  ||  ||
 
| INI || Initialization file  ||  ||
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|-
 
|-
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
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|-
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| JAR  || Java archive file used by the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) || Java ||
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|-
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| JAVA  || Java source code file || Java ||
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|-
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| 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  ||  ||
 
| 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 ||  ||
 
| JPG  || '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup compression standard image file ||  ||
−
|-
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−
| JPE  || '''J'''oint '''P'''hotographic '''E'''xperts '''G'''roup compression standard image file ||  ||
 
  
 
|}
 
|}
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! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
|-
 
|-
−
|   ||   ||   ||
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| KDZ || Virus definition file || Kaspersky ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
|  ||  ||  ||
 
|  ||  ||  ||
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|-
 
|-
 
| LNK || Shortcut to local file for web address ||  ||
 
| LNK || Shortcut to local file for web address ||  ||
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|-
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| LOG || Program or system log file ||  ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| LTX || LaTeX Source Document ||  ||
 
| LTX || LaTeX Source Document ||  ||
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|-
 
|-
 
| MD5 || MD5 checksum file  ||  ||
 
| MD5 || MD5 checksum file  ||  ||
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|-
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| MOBI || E-book file ||  ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| MP3 || MPEG audio stream (layer 3) file ||  ||
 
| MP3 || MPEG audio stream (layer 3) file ||  ||
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|-
 
|-
 
| PAGES || Document ||  ||  
 
| PAGES || Document ||  ||  
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|-
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| PDB || Database or E-book file ||  || Windows, Palm OS, most e-readers
 
|-
 
|-
 
| PDF || [[Portable Document Format]] || [[Adobe Reader]], [[Adobe Acrobat]]  || Windows, Mac OS
 
| PDF || [[Portable Document Format]] || [[Adobe Reader]], [[Adobe Acrobat]]  || Windows, Mac OS
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|-
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| PHP || Hypertext Preprocessor code || Most web browsers  || Major systems
 
|-
 
|-
 
| PNG  || Portable Network Graphics image ||  ||
 
| PNG  || Portable Network Graphics image ||  ||
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|-
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| PRC  || Executable file (Palm OS) or 3D models and assemblies file (Adobe) ||  ||
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|-
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| PTT  || Presentation file || Microsoft Powerpoint, OpenOffice, WPS Office, etc. ||
 +
|-
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| PTTX  || Presentation file || Microsoft Powerpoint, WPS Office, etc. ||
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|-
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| PUB  || Publication file || Microsoft Publisher ||
 
|}
 
|}
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===Q===
 
===Q===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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|-
 
|-
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
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|-
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| RAR || Compressed archive file || WinRAR, 7-Zip, PeaZip, etc || Wincows, Mac, GNU/Linux, Android
 
|-
 
|-
 
| RTF || Rich Text file  || WordPad, Microsoft Word, Open Office, etc  ||
 
| RTF || Rich Text file  || WordPad, Microsoft Word, Open Office, etc  ||
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! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
|-
 
|-
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| TEX || LaTeX Source Document ||  ||
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| TAR || Consolidated Unix file archive ||  || GNU/Linux
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|-
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| TEX || LaTeX source document ||  ||
 
|-
 
|-
 
| TXT || [[Text file|Plain text]] file  ||  ||
 
| TXT || [[Text file|Plain text]] file  ||  ||
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|-
 
|-
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
 
! Extension !! Description !! Used By !! Operating System(s)
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|-
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| VBS || Visual Basic Script  ||  || Windows
 
|-
 
|-
 
| VOB || Video Object || Optical media disks  ||
 
| VOB || Video Object || Optical media disks  ||
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|-
 
−
|  ||  ||  ||
 
 
|}
 
|}
 
===W===
 
===W===
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|-
 
|-
 
| XLSX  || Spreadsheet file (Compressed XML)  || Microsoft Excel, WPS Office, etc  ||
 
| XLSX  || Spreadsheet file (Compressed XML)  || Microsoft Excel, WPS Office, etc  ||
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|-
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| 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
 
| XPS || Page Layout File (similar to PDF, replaced EMF)<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/xps</ref> ||  || Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux

Revision as of 13:32, May 17, 2016

The following is personal workspace. Once content is ready, I will migrate it to the appropriate location. I may use this for any number of purposes, but generally it will be used for drafts.
Please to not change the value of this content. If you see a typo or some other small problem, feel free to change this. For anything else, please ask first. Thanks!


Personal Notes: need to parse 20,000b+


File extensions are used by Windows, Macintosh, and now sometimes GNU/Linux operating systems to determine how each file should be used. This is a list of some such file extensions.

List

#

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
!BT Incomplete BitTorrent download file[1] BitTorrent
!QB Incomplete qBittorrent download file[2] qBittorrent
!UT Incomplete uTorrent download file[3] uTorrent

A

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
ABW Document AbiWord
AES Encrypted file (Advanced Encryption Standard)
AVI Multimedia file

B

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
BAT Windows Command-line batch job file Command Prompt Windows
BMP Bitmap image file

C

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

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

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
EPUB Open XML-based e-book
EXE Executable file (Binary) Windows

F

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
FLV Flash Video Adobe Flash Player
FMT Format File WinRAR and FoxPro

G

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
GIF Graphics Interchange Format image file
GMO GNU machine object file GNU/Linux

H

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
H Header source code file for C, C++ or Objective-C[4] 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

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

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 Joint Photographic Experts Group compression standard image file
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group compression standard image file
JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group compression standard image file


K

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
KDZ Virus definition file Kaspersky

L

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

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
MD5 MD5 checksum file
MOBI E-book file
MP3 MPEG audio stream (layer 3) file

N

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)

O

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
ODF Open Document Format Open Office & LibreOffice

P

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

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
QVM Q Virtual Machine

R

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

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
SYS System file Windows

T

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
TAR Consolidated Unix file archive GNU/Linux
TEX LaTeX source document
TXT Plain text file

U

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
UFO Graphics file
URL Web address shortcut

V

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
VBS Visual Basic Script Windows
VOB Video Object Optical media disks

W

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
WAV Audio file (Microsoft Windows RIFF WAVE) Windows Media Player, VLC, etc.
WPD WordPerfect Document, a proprietary Corel format

X

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[5] 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)[6] Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux

Y

Extension Description Used By Operating System(s)
YC Archive file

Z

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