FILE EXTENSIONS

Extension
AIF
ANI
API
ART
ASC
ASM
ASP
AVI
BAK
BAS
BAT
BFC
BIN
BIN
BMP
BUD
BZ2
C
CAT
CBL
CBT
CDA
CDT
CFML
CGI
CHM
CLASS
CLP
CMD
COM
CPP
CSS
CSV
CMF
CUR
DAO
DAT
DD
DEV
DIC
DIR
DLL
DOC
DOT
DRV
DS
DUN
DWG
DXF
EMF
EML
EPS
EPS2
EXE
FFL
FFO
FLA
FNT
GIF
GID
GRP
GZ
HEX
HLP
HT
HQX
HTM
HTML
ICL
ICM
ICO
INF
INI
JAR
JPEG
JPG
JS
LAB
LGO
LIT
LNK
LOG
LSP
MAQ
MAR
MDB
MDL
MID
MOD
MOV
MP3
MPEG
MPP
MSG
MSG
NCF
NLM
O
OCX
OGG
OST
PAK
PCL
PCT
PDF
PDF
PDR
PHP
PHTML
PIF
PIF
PIF
PL
PM
PM3
PM4
PM5
PM6
PNG
POL
POT
PPD
PPS
PPT
PRN
PS
PSD
PSP
PST
PUB
PWL
QIF
RAM
RAR
RAW
REG
RM
RPM
RSC
RTF
SCR
SEA
SGML
SH
SHTML
SIT
SMD
SVG
SWF
SWP
SYS
TAR
TGA
TIFF
TMP
TTF
TXT
UDF
UUE
VBX
VM
VXD
WAV
WMF
WSZ
XCF
XIF
XIF
XIF
XLS
XLT
XML
XSL
ZIP
ILE EXTENSIONS
Explanation
Audio Interchange File used with SGI and Macintosh applications.
Animated cursors used in Microsoft Windows.
Application Program Interface.
Clipart.
ASCII text file.
Assembler code.
Microsoft Active Server Page.
Audio/Video Interleaved used for Windows based movies.
Backup Files.
BASIC programming language sourcecode.
MS-DOS batch file.
Briefcase document used in Windows.
Binary File.
MacBinary-encoded files.
Bitmap format.
Backup Disk for Quicken by Intuit.
Bzip2-compressed files.
C source file.
Security Catalog file.
Cobol code.
Computer Based Training.
Compact Disc Audio Track.
Corel Draw Template file.
ColdFusion Markup Language.
Common Gateway Interface. Web based programs and scripts.
Compiled HTML Help files used by Windows.
Javascript Class file.
Windows Clipboard file.
Dos Command File.
Command File.
C++ programming language source code.
Cascading Style Sheet. Creates a common style reference for a set of web pages.
Comma Separated Values format.
Corel Metafile.
Cursor in Microsoft Windows.
Registry Backup file for Windows registry.
Data file.
Compressed Archive by Macintosh DiskDoubler.
Device Driver.
Dictionary file.
Macromedia Director file.
Dynamic Linked Library. Microsoft application file.
Document format for Word Perfect and Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Word Template.
Device Driver.
TWAIN Data source file.
Dial-up networking configuration file.
Autocad drawing.
Autocad drawing exchange format file.
Enhanced Windows Metafile.
Microsoft Outlook e-mail file.
Encapsulated PostScript supported by most graphics programs.
Adobe PostScript Level II Encapsulated Postscript.
DOS based executable file which is also known as a program.
Microsoft Fast Find file.
Microsoft Fast Find file.
Macromedia Flash movie format.
Font file.
Graphics Interchange Format that supports animation. Created by CompuServe and used
Windows global index. Contains the index information used by "Help" in Windows.
Microsoft Program Manager Group.
Unix compressed file.
Macintosh binary hex(binhex) file.
Standard help file.
HyperTerminal files.
Macintosh binary hex(binhex) file.
Hyper Text Markup. This markup language is used for web design.
Hyper Text Markup Language. This markup language is used for web design.
Icon Library File.
Image Color Matching profile.
Microsoft icon image.
Information file used in Windows.
Initialization file used in Windows.
Java Archive. A compressed java file format.
Compression scheme supported by most graphics programs and used predominantly for w
More common extension for JPEG described above.
JavaScript File
Microsoft Excel mailing labels.
Windows 9x startup logo.
eBooks in Microsoft Reader format.
Windows 9x shortcut file.
Application log file.
Autocad(visual) lisp program.
Microsoft Access Query.
Microsoft Access Report.
Microsoft Access DataBase File.
Rose model file. Opens with Visual Modeler or Rational Rose.
MIDI music file.
Microsoft Windows 9.x kernel module.
Quicktime movie.
MPEG Audio Layer 3.
Animation file format.
Microsoft Project File.
Microsoft Outlook message file.
Fidonet messages.
Netware command File.
Netware loadable Module.
Object file, used by linkers.
ActiveX Control: A component of the Windows environment.
Ogg Vorbis digitally encoded music file.
Microsoft Exchange/Outlook offline file.
WAD file that contains information about levels, settings, maps, etc for Quake and Doom.
Printer Control Language file. PCL is a Page Description Language developed by HP.
Macintosh drawing format.
Portable Document File by Adobe. Viewable in a web browser or with Adobe Acrobat.
Printer Description File. Provides printer support for certain applications.
Port driver for windows 95. It is actually a virtual device driver (vxd).
Web page that contains a PHP script.
Web page that contains a PHP script.
Program Information File
Vector graphics GDF file(IBM Mainframe)
Macintosh Compressed archive
Perl source code file.
Perl Module.
PageMaker 3.0 document.
PageMaker 4.0 document.
PageMaker 5.0 document.
PageMaker 6.0 document.
Portable Network Graphic file.
System Policy file for Windows NT.
Microsoft PowerPoint design template.
PostScript Printer description file used in Macintosh and Windows operating systems to pr
Microsoft PowerPoint slide show.
Microsoft PowerPoint presentation(default extension).
A print file created as the result of "printing to file".
PostScript file.
Native Adobe Photoshop format.
Paint Shop Pro image.
Personal Folder File for Microsoft Outlook.
Microsoft Publisher document.
Windows Password list file.
Quicken Import file.
RealAudio Metafile.
RAR compressed archive created by Eugene Roshall.
Raw File Format.
Registry file that contains registry settings.
RealAudio video file.
RedHat Package Manager.
Standard resource file.
Rich Text Format.
Screen Saver file.
Self-extracting archive for Macintosh Stuffit files.
Standard Generalized Markup Language.
Unix shell script.
HTML file that supports Server Side Includes(SSI).
Compressed Macintosh Stuffit files.
SEGA mega drive ROM file.
Adobe scalable vector graphics file.
Shockwave Flash file by Macromedia.
DOS swap file.
Windows system file used for hardware configuration or drivers.
Unix Tape Archive.
Targa bitmap.
Tagged Image File Format. Universal graphics format supported
Windows temporary file.
True Type font.
Text Format.
Uniqueness Definition File. Used for Windows unattended installations.
UU-encoded file.
Microsoft Visual basic extension.
Virtual Memory file.
Windows 9x virtual device driver.
Waveform sound file.
Windows Metafile (graphics format).
Winamp Skin.
The GIMP's native image format.
Wang imaging file. Wang Image Viewer comes with Windows 95/2000.
Xerox Image file (same as TIFF).
Image file eXtended by ScanSoft is similar to TIFF and is a Pagis application format.
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet.
Microsoft Excel Template.
Extensible markup language.
XML style sheet.
Compressed Zip archive.
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" in Windows.

b design.
ed predominantly for web use.

A text file containing JavaScript programming code.

or Quake and Doom.

developed by HP.

h Adobe Acrobat.
perating systems to provide printer specific features to a driver.
plication format.