| EXTENSION |
TYPE |
DETAILS |
| .386 |
SYSTEM |
Virtual device driver |
| .AIFF.AIF.AIFC.IFF |
SOUND |
Audio Interchange File Format, several common Apple Mac
formats |
| .ANI |
MISC |
Animated mouse cursor or icon |
| .ART |
IMAGE |
"Static Art" compressed AOL graphic format |
| .AU |
SOUND |
Sun Microsystems /Unix sound file format, commonly
found on the Internet. |
| .AVI |
MOVIE |
Audio/Video Interleave, file format used by Video for
Windows |
| .BAT |
SYSTEM |
MS-DOS Batch file |
| .BIN |
SYSTEM |
Binary file |
| .CDA |
SOUND |
CD Audio files |
| .CDR |
IMAGE |
CorelDRAW! image format |
| .CGM |
IMAGE |
Computer Graphics Metafile |
| .CHK |
MISC |
File fragments saved by ScanDisk |
| .COM |
SYSTEM |
DOS Application |
| .CUR |
MISC |
Mouse cursor |
| .DAT |
SYSTEM |
Data file |
| .DIB |
IMAGE |
RGB/RLE encoded MS Windows and OS/2 format |
| .DLL |
SYSTEM |
Dynamic-Link Library |
| .DOC |
TEXT |
Microsoft Word for Windows text document |
| .DRV |
SYSTEM |
Driver file |
| .DRW |
IMAGE |
Micrografx Draw format |
| .DXF |
IMAGE |
Autodesk graphic |
| .EXE |
MISC |
Executable program OR self-extracting archive file |
| .FLI.FLC |
MOVIE |
Autodesk Animator Pro "Flick Movie" file |
| .FON |
MISC |
System font |
| .GEM |
IMAGE |
Ventura/GEM image |
| .GIF |
IMAGE |
CompuServeŽ Graphical Interchange Format, one of the
two (with .JPG) most common graphics format found on the Internet. |
| .GRP |
MISC |
Microsoft Program Group file |
| .HGL |
IMAGE |
Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language image file |
| .HLP |
MISC |
Microsoft Help Documentation |
| .HTM.HTML.SHTML |
TEXT |
HyperText Markup Language, Internet documents (AKA
webpages) |
| .ICO |
MISC |
Icon File |
| .INF |
SYSTEM |
Hardware Info file |
| .INI |
SYSTEM |
System Initialization file |
| .JPG.JPEG.JPE.JFIF |
IMAGE |
24bit common Internet file format for color-rich images
(developed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group) |
| .LOG |
TEXT |
Log files (ie error logs, chat logs) |
| .LWP.SAM.SMM |
TEXT |
Lotus WordPro documents |
| .MID |
SOUND |
Musical Instrument Digital Interface, orchestrated
digital sound files |
| .MIM .MME.UUE .UU1.HQX .MSG |
MISC |
Encoded files often used in Internet email |
| .MOV |
MOVIE |
Apple QuickTime Movie |
| .MPG.MPEG |
MOVIE |
Moving Picture Experts Group movie file |
| .OCX |
SYSTEM |
MS OLE control |
| .PAB |
MISC |
Microsoft Personal Address Book |
| .PCT |
IMAGE |
Common Apple Mac graphics format |
| .PCX |
IMAGE |
ZSoft Paintbrush file. |
| .PDF |
TEXT |
Adobe Acrobat files |
| .PIC |
IMAGE |
Lotus Development Corp, MAC graphic format |
| .QIC |
MISC |
Microsoft Backup File |
| .RA .RAM.RM .RTS |
SOUND |
RealAudio files, Internet streamed audio and video |
| .REG |
SYSTEM |
Registry file |
| .RLE |
IMAGE |
CompuServe and Microsoft Windows graphics format. |
| .RMI |
SOUND |
Digital sound format, similar to MIDI |
| .RTF |
TEXT |
Microsoft Rich Text Format |
| .SCR |
MISC |
Generally Screen Saver files |
| .SYS |
SYSTEM |
System Config file |
| .TGA |
IMAGE |
Truevision Targa image file. |
| .THEME |
MISC |
Desktop Theme file |
| .TIF.TIFF |
IMAGE |
Tagged Information File Format, a large high quality
image format. |
| .TMP |
SYSTEM |
Windows temporary file |
| .TTF |
MISC |
TrueType Fonts |
| .TXT |
TEXT |
Standard MS-DOS text format |
| .VBX |
SYSTEM |
Visual Basic control |
| .VOC |
SOUND |
Creative Labs [Sound Blaster] audio format primarily
for DOS |
| .VOI |
SOUND |
Voyetra Voice files |
| .VXD |
SYSTEM |
Virtual device driver |
| .WAV |
SOUND |
Windows standard waveform sound files |
| .WMF |
IMAGE |
Microsoft Windows Metafile |
| .WP .WPD.WP4 .WP5.WP6 .WPT |
TEXT |
Corel WordPerfect documents |
| .WPG |
IMAGE |
Corel WordPerfect image format |
| .WPS .BPS.WKS .BKS.WDB .BDB.WCM .BCM |
TEXT |
Various Microsoft Works file formats (Word Processor,
Spreadsheet,Database and Communications) |
| .WRI |
TEXT |
Windows Write files |
| .XLS |
TEXT |
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet |
| .ZIP |
MISC |
Compressed file archives used to speed up and package
files on the Internet |
| BMP |
IMAGE |
Windows BITMAP format |