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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.
 
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| BAK || Backup file ||  ||  
 
| BAK || Backup file ||  ||  
 
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| BAT || Windows Command-line batch job file || Command Prompt || Windows
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| BAT || Windows Command-line [[Batch file|batch job file]] || Command Prompt || Windows
 
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| BIN || Binary Disc Image (compressed)<ref>http://file.org/extension/bin</ref> ||  ||  
 
| BIN || Binary Disc Image (compressed)<ref>http://file.org/extension/bin</ref> ||  ||  
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| ICO || Icon file (image)  ||   ||
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| ICO || Icon file (image)  || [http://www.poweriso.com PowerISO], [http://www.burnaware.com BurnAware],  [http://infrarecorder.org/ InfraRecorder], etc. ||
 
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| ICS || Calendar item file || Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, etc || Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
 
| ICS || Calendar item file || Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, etc || Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
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| KDZ || Virus definition file || Kaspersky ||
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| KDZ || Virus definition file || [http://kaspersky.com Kaspersky] ||
 
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| KEY || Keynote Presentation (or, in rare cases, a program's registration file)|| || Windows & Mac
 
| KEY || Keynote Presentation (or, in rare cases, a program's registration file)|| || Windows & Mac
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| 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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| PHP || Hypertext Preprocessor code || Most web browsers || Major systems
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| PHP || Hypertext Preprocessor code || Most web browsers || Major systems
 
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| PL || Perl Script ||  ||  
 
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| PRC  || Executable file (Palm OS) or 3D models and assemblies file (Adobe) ||  ||
 
| PRC  || Executable file (Palm OS) or 3D models and assemblies file (Adobe) ||  ||
 
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| PSD  || Adobe Photoshop document || [[Adobe Photoshop]] ||
 
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| PTT  || Presentation file || Microsoft Powerpoint, OpenOffice, WPS Office, etc. ||
 
| PTT  || Presentation file || Microsoft Powerpoint, OpenOffice, WPS Office, etc. ||
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| RTF || Rich Text file  || WordPad, Microsoft Word, Open Office, etc  ||
 
| RTF || Rich Text file  || WordPad, Microsoft Word, Open Office, etc  ||
 
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| RUN || [[Executable file]]  ||   || Mac OS
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| RUN || [[Executable file]]  || || Mac OS
 
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| SVG || Scalable Vector Graphics file || ||  
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| SVG || Scalable Vector Graphics file || ||  
 
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| SWF || Video/animation file which can be interactive (using ActionScript) || Adobe Shockwave || Windows
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| SWF || Video/animation file which can be interactive (using ActionScript) || Adobe Shockwave || Windows
 
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| TAR || Consolidated Unix file archive ||   || GNU/Linux
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| TAR || Consolidated Unix file archive || || GNU/Linux
 
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| TOAST || Toast Disc Image || Roxio || Mac
 
| TOAST || Toast Disc Image || Roxio || Mac
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| TORRENT || Peer-to-Peer Torrent download file || ||  
 
| TORRENT || Peer-to-Peer Torrent download file || ||  
 
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| TTF || TrueType font file ||   || Mac & Windows
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| TTF || TrueType font file || || Mac & Windows
 
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| URL || Web address shortcut || ||
 
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| VBS || Visual Basic Script ||   || Windows & Mac
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| VBS || Visual Basic Script || || Windows & Mac
 
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| VCD || Virtual CD ||  || Windows
 
| VCD || Virtual CD ||  || Windows
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| XHTML|| Extensible Hypertext Markup Language file ||  ||
 
| XHTML|| Extensible Hypertext Markup Language file ||  ||
 
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| XLS || Spreadsheet file  || Microsoft Excel, Open Office, LibreOffice, etc  ||
 
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| XLSM || Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/xlsm</ref> || Microsoft Excel ||
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| XLSM || Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet<ref>http://fileinfo.com/extension/xlsm</ref> || Microsoft Excel ||
 
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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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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.

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
7Z 7-Zip Compressed file
ABM Album of Music or images[4]
ABW Document AbiWord
ACCDB Database file Microsoft Access (some versions)
AES Encrypted file (Advanced Encryption Standard)
APP Application Mac OS X
ASP Server-generated web page (HTML) Web browsers
ASPX Microsoft's server-generated web page (HTML) Web browsers
AVI Multimedia file
BAK Backup file
BAT Windows Command-line batch job file Command Prompt Windows
BIN Binary Disc Image (compressed)[5]
BMP Bitmap image file
C C/C++ Source Code file Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
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
CPL Windows Control Panel Item Windows Explorer 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
CUR Cursor file Windows
DAT Data file for an OS or program, not for direct user access Windows
DB Database
DBF Database
DMG Disk Image Mac OS X
DOC Document file Microsoft Word, Open Office, AbiWord, etc.
DOCX Document file in the form of compressed XML Microsoft Word
DSK Disk Image file, often compressed PowerISO, SoftAmbulance Partition Doctor, Apple Disk Utility, etc. Windows, Mac
EPS Encapsulated PostScript file
EPUB Open XML-based e-book
EXE Executable file (Binary) Windows
FLA Adobe Flash Animation Adobe Flash Player
FLAC Open-source lossless audio[6]
FLV Flash Video Adobe Flash Player
FMT Format file WinRAR and FoxPro
FNT Font file Windows
FON Generic Font File
GADGET Desktop Gadget Windows
GIF Graphics Interchange Format image file
GMO GNU machine object file GNU/Linux
H Header source code file for C, C++ or Objective-C[7] Microsoft Visual Studio, text editors, Eclipse IDE for C Developers, etc Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
HQX BinHex 4.0 Encoded File[8] Macintosh
HTM Hypertext Markup Language Web browsers All major systems
HTML Hypertext Markup Language Web browsers All major systems
ICO Icon file (image) PowerISO, BurnAware, InfraRecorder, etc.
ICS Calendar item file Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, etc Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
INF Text file which defines what files are installed and sometimes the location they should be saved Windows OS and some program installers Windows
INI Initialization file Windows
ISO File archive, generally used to store optical disk "images"
JAR Java archive file Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
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
JS JavaScript File
JSP Java Server Page file
KDZ Virus definition file Kaspersky
KEY Keynote Presentation (or, in rare cases, a program's registration file) Windows & Mac
LNK Shortcut to local file for web address Windows
LOG Program or system log file
LTX LaTeX Source Document
MD5 MD5 checksum file
MDB Database Microsoft Access
MDF Media Disc Image File
MKV Video container file VLC media player, etc.
MOBI E-book file
MOV Video file Apple QuickTime
MP3 MPEG audio stream (layer 3) file
MPA MPEG Layer II compress
MSG E-mail message Microsoft Outlook
MSI Windows Installer package Windows
NK NUKE Script
ODF Open Document Format Open Office & LibreOffice
OTF OpenType Font file
PAGES Document
PART Partially downloaded/saved file
PCT Picture (Bitmap format[9])
PDB Program 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
PL Perl Script
PNG Portable Network Graphics image
PRC Executable file (Palm OS) or 3D models and assemblies file (Adobe)
PSD Adobe Photoshop document Adobe Photoshop
PTT Presentation file Microsoft Powerpoint, OpenOffice, WPS Office, etc.
PTTX Presentation file Microsoft Powerpoint, WPS Office, etc.
PUB Publication file Microsoft Publisher
PY Python Script
QVM Q Virtual Machine
RAR Compressed archive file WinRAR, 7-Zip, PeaZip, etc Wincows, Mac, GNU/Linux, Android
RTF Rich Text file WordPad, Microsoft Word, Open Office, etc
RSS Rich Site Summary
RUN Executable file Mac OS
SVG Scalable Vector Graphics file
SWF Video/animation file which can be interactive (using ActionScript) Adobe Shockwave Windows
SYS System file Windows
TAR Consolidated Unix file archive GNU/Linux
TEX LaTeX source document
TMP Temporary file
TOAST Toast Disc Image Roxio Mac
TORRENT Peer-to-Peer Torrent download file
TTF TrueType font file Mac & Windows
TXT Plain text file
UFO Graphics file
URL Web address shortcut
VBS Visual Basic Script Windows & Mac
VCD Virtual CD Windows
VOB Video Object Optical media disks
WAV Audio file (Microsoft Windows RIFF WAVE) Windows Media Player, VLC, etc. All major systems
WIM Disk Image file Windows
WMV Windows Media video file Windows media Player, VLC, etc. All major systems
WPD WordPerfect Document, a proprietary Corel format
XCF Image file GIMP
XHTML Extensible Hypertext Markup Language file
XLS Spreadsheet file Microsoft Excel, Open Office, LibreOffice, etc
XLSM Open XML Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet[10] 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)[11] Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux
YC Archive file
ZABW Gzip compressed XML document AbiWord
ZIP Compressed (Zipped) folder 7-Zip, WinZip, Pea Zip, etc. Mac & Windows
ZIPX Extended Zip File 7-Zip, WinZip, Pea Zip, etc. Windows, Mac, GNU/Linux, Android

References

  1. ↑ http://dotwhat.net/safeurl/10878
  2. ↑ https://x64.us/s-217162-file-extension
  3. ↑ http://fileinfo.com/extension/!ut
  4. ↑ http://fileinfo.com/extension/abm
  5. ↑ http://file.org/extension/bin
  6. ↑ http://www.file-extensions.org/flac-file-extension
  7. ↑ http://fileinfo.com/extension/h
  8. ↑ http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fileextensions/f/hqxfile.htm
  9. ↑ http://www.file-extensions.org/pct-file-extension
  10. ↑ http://fileinfo.com/extension/xlsm
  11. ↑ http://fileinfo.com/extension/xps
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