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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
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| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| ABW |
AbiWord document |
Example |
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| Example |
Example |
Example |
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B
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| BAT |
Windows Command-line batch job file |
Command Prompt |
Windows
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| Example |
Example |
Example
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C
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| CMD |
Windows Command-line batch job file |
Command Prompt |
Windows
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| CPP |
C++ source code file |
Visual Studio, Eclipse, and other compilers |
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| CSS |
Cascading Style Sheet for websites or datasheet/file for minority program(s) |
Web browsers |
All major systems
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D
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| DAT |
Data file for an OS or program, not for direct user access |
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Windows
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| Example |
Example |
Example
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E
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| Example |
Example |
Example |
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| Example |
Example |
Example |
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F
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| FLV |
Flash Video |
Adobe Flash Player |
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| Example |
Example |
Example
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G
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format image file |
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| Example |
Example |
Example |
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H
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| HTML |
Hypertext Markup Language |
Web browsers !! All major systems |
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| Example |
Example |
Example |
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I
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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J
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Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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K
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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L
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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M
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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N
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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O
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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P
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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Q
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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R
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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S
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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T
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| TXT |
Plain text file |
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U
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| UFO |
Graphics file |
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V
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| VOB |
Vidoe Object |
Optical media disks |
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W
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| WAV |
Audio file (Microsoft Windows RIFF WAVE) |
Windows Media Player, VLC, etc. |
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X
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| XCF |
Image file |
GIMP |
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Y
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| YC |
Archive file |
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Z
| Extention |
Description |
Used By |
Operating System(s)
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| ZIP |
Compressed (Zipped) folder |
7-Zip, WinZip, Pea Zip, etc. |
Mac & Windows
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