.MIFF | An ImageMagick file format |
.MIL | Group 4 |
.mime | MIME (filename extension); the encoding format used by the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. |
.MME | Mime encoded file (filename extension); the encoding format used by the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension. |
.MMF | Microsoft Mail File (filename extension). |
.MMM | Macromind animation |
.MOD | (For module). A music file format that contains digitized sound samples A .MOD file takes more memory than a MIDI file because a MIDI file contains instructions for making sounds but not the actual sound samples. There are .MOD players for Amiga, PC, and Macintosh computers. |
.moov | QuickTime movie. This file can be viewed with QuickTime Player. |
.MOV | Movie - QuickTime |
.movie | QuickTime movie. This file can be viewed with QuickTime Player. |
.MOZ | Mozilla - Netscape cache file (filename extension). |
.mp2 | MPEG Layer II compressed audio. This file can be played using QuickTime Player and some other sound players. |
.mp3 | MPEG Layer III compressed audio. This file can be played with QuickTime Player, Real Player, and some other sound players. |
.MPE | MPEG (filename extension). |
.MPEG | MPEG movie or animation file. This file can be played with QuickTime Player. |
.MPG | MPEG encoded file. This file is an MPEG movie, and can be played with QuickTime Player. |
.MPNT | Macintosh MacPaint |
.MPP | Microsoft Project project file (filename extension). |
.MPT | Microsoft Project template file (filename extension). |
.MPX | Microsoft Project export file (filename extension). |
.MRK | Markup - Informative Graphics |
.MSG | Message file |
.MSN | Microsoft Network document (filename extension). |
.MSP | Microsoft Paint |
.MUS | Music (filename extension). |
.MVB | Microsoft Multimedia Viewer (filename extension). |
.MYS | Myst saved game file (filename extension). |
.NDX | Index - dBASE |
.NET | Network file (filename extension). |
.NG | Norton Guides |
.NLM | NLM program - NetWare |
.NTF | Notes Template File - Lotus Notes database (filename extension). |
.OAB | Outlook Address Book - Microsoft (filename extension). |
.OAZ | OAZ Fax |
.OBD | Microsoft Office Binder (filename extension). |
.OBJ | Object module |
.OCX | Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Custom Control (filename extension). |
.OLB | OLE Object Library (filename extension). |
.OLE | OLE object (filename extension). |
.ONX | Onyx Graphics Postershop (filename extension). |
.ORI | Original |
.OVL | Overlay module |
.OVR | Overlay module |
.OZM | Sharp Organizer memo bank |
.OZP | Sharp Organizer telephone bank |
.P10 | Tektronix Plot10 |
.PAB | Personal Address Book - Microsoft (filename extension). |
.PAK | Quake game data (filename extension). |
.PAL | Paintbrush palette (filename extension). |
.PAS | Pascal program file |
.PAT | Pattern - Corel Draw (filename extension). |
.PBK | Microsoft Phonebook (filename extension). |
.PBM | Portable Bit Map |
.PCD | Photo CD format |
.PCL | HP LaserJet |
.PCM | LaserJet cartridge information |
.PCS | PICS animation (filename extension). |
.PCT | PC Paint |
.PCW | PC Write |
.PCX | 1. PC Paintbrush 2. Graphics file - Zsoft format |
.PDG | PrintShop Deluxe (filename extension). |
.PDV | PC Paintbrush printer driver |
.PFA | Type 1 font - ASCII |
.PFB | Type 1 font - encrypted |
.PFM | Postscript Font Metrics; Windows Type 1 font metrics |
.PGL | HPGL 7475A plotter - vector graphics |
.PGM | Portable Gray Map bitmap (filename extension). |
.PHTML | HTML document with preprocessing instructions (PPIs) (filename extension). |
.PIC | PICT graphics format, or PIXAR picture file |
.PICT | Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT This kind of file stores images in QuickDraw vector format. PICT2 can have grayscale bitmapped images also. |
.PIF | Program Information File - Windows |
.PIT | PackIt - Macintosh compression |
.PIX | Inset Systems graphics |
.PJX | Project file - Visual FoxPro (filename extension). |
.pkg | AppleLink package compression format These files are decodable by StuffIt Expander. |
.PL | Perl script (filename extension). |
.PLT | Plotter drawing (filename extension). |
.PM | PageMaker |
.PM3 | PageMaker 3 document |
.PM4 | PageMaker 4 document |
.PM5 | PageMaker 5 document |
.PNG | 1. Portable Network Graphics bitmap (filename extension). 2. Paint Shop Pro Browser (filename extension). |
.POV | Persistence Of Vision raytracer (filename extension). |
.PPA | PowerPoint Add-in - Microsoft (filename extension). |
.PPD | PostScript Printer Description |
.PPM | Portable PixelMap (filename extension). |
.PPS | PowerPoint Slideshow (filename extension). |
.PPT | PowerPoint presentation (filename extension). |
.PRD | Printer driver - Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Microsoft Works (filename extension). |
.PRG | A dBASE source code file |
.PRJ | Project file |
.PRN | 1. Print file - temporary 2. XyWrite printer driver 3. PostScript file |
.PRS | WordPerfect printer driver |
.PRT | Formatted text |
.PS | PostScript. This is a plain text file. |
.PSD | Photoshop Document |
.PUB | Publication - Ventura Publisher, Microsoft Publisher (filename extension). |
.PWD | Pocket Word document - Microsoft (filename extension). |
.PWZ | Microsoft PowerPoint Wizard (filename extension). |
.PXL | Microsoft Pocket Excel (filename extension). |
.QBW | QuickBooks for Windows (filename extension). |
.QDK | Quarterdeck Qemm (filename extension). |
.QLB | Quick Library (filename extension). |
.QLC | ATM font information |
.QRY | Microsoft Query (filename extension). |
.qt | QuickTime movie, binary file type (filename extension). |
.QTM | QuickTime Movie (filename extension). |
.R8L | LaserJet landscape font |
.R8P | LaserJet portrait font |
.RA | RealAudio |
.RAM | Real Audio |
.RAS | Raster graphics - Sun |
.RAW | Raw file format - bitmap (filename extension). |
.rc | A filename extension found in many UNIX files (.newsrc, etc.) which means "run commands". |
.REC | Windows Recorder macro file (filename extension). |
.REG | Registration file (filename extension). |
.REP | Report file (filename extension). |
.RFT | RFT-DCA (filename extension). |
.RGB | An SGI RGB image file |
.RIA | Alpharel Group IV raster graphics |
.RIB | Renderman graphics |
.RIC | Roch FaxNet |
.RIF | Fractal Painter bitmap (filename extension). |
.RIFF | Resource Interchange File Format A multimedia file format; the Microsoft equivalent to Amiga IFF format. |
.RIX | RIX virtual screen |
.RLA | Wavefront raster image |
.RLC | CAD Overlay ESP - Image Systems |
.RLE | Run Length Encoded |
.RM | Real Media. |
.RMI | RIFF MIDI file |
.RND | AutoShade format |
.RNL | GTX Runlength raster graphics |
.RPT | Report file (filename extension). |
.RTF | Microsoft text and graphics |
.S | Assembly language file - Unix |
.S3M | MOD music file (filename extension). |
.SAM | AmiPro |
.SAV | Saved game (filename extension). |
.SBP | IBM Storyboard graphics / Superbase text |
.SC | Source Code - Paradox |
.SCM | ScreenCam movie |
.SCP | Dial-up networking script (filename extension). |
.SCR | 1. Screensaver - Windows. 2. Screen Layout - dBASE. 3. Script for Apple's Disk Copy utility. |
.SCT | Screen Capture Text - Lotus |
.SDL | SmartDraw Library (filename extension). |
.SEA | Self-Extracting Archive (Stuffit or Compact Pro) |
.SEG | Segment (of a compressed file saved in segments with Stuffit or Compact Pro) |
.SEP | TIFF bitmap (filename extension). |
.SET | Setup parameters |
.SFL | LaserJet landscape font |
.SFP | LaserJet portrait font |
.SFS | PCL 5 scalable font |
.shar | UNIX shell archive (filename extension), which can be decoded by Unshar. |
.SHTML | HTML file with embedded server-side includes (SSIs) (filename extension). |
.SI | SoftImage image file |
.sig | Signature A .sig file can be set up and automatically attached to outgoing email, newsgroup postings, etc. It includes the name and contact information of the sender, and may also have ASCII art, favorite quotes, etc. |
.SIT | Stuffit compressed file |
.SLD | AutoCAD slide |
.SLK | Symbolic Link (SYLK) spreadsheet (filename extension). |
.SMI | Self-Mounting Image. This file is a Macintosh Disk Image, similar to an .img file, but it does not require the use of Disk Copy. When the file is downloaded, a disk image appears on the desktop. The disk image will behave like a read-only disk. |
.SND | Sound file |
.SNM | Netscape mail (filename extension). |
.SPD | Speedo scalable font |
.spx | Screen Peace Extension |
.SQB | SyQuest Backup (filename extension). |
.SRC | A file used in the creation of .INI files for configuration settings (filename extension). |
.STY | Style sheet - Ventura |
.SVX | Amiga 8SVX sound (filename extension). |
.SWP | Swap - temporary file (filename extension). |
.SYD | Sysedit backup file (filename extension). |
.SYL | SYLK spreadsheet format |
.SYNU | SDSC Synu image |
.SYS | System file |
.TAL | Adobe Type Align |
.TAR | Tar - Tape ARchive (filename extension). Tar is a UNIX method of archiving files, which can also be used by PCs. Tar archives files but does not compress them, so sometimes .tar files are compressed with other utilities, which produces extensions like .tar.gz, .tar.Z, and .tgz. Archive files with the .tar extension can be extracted in UNIX with tar or on a PC with WinZip or on the Mac with the program Tar. |
.tar.gz | Combined filename extension for a file that has been archived using tar and then gzipped. |
.tar.z or .tar.Z | Combined filename extension for a file that has been archived using tar and then zipped. |
.taz | Another way of writing .tar.Z |
.TBK | Asymetrix Toolbook (filename extension). |
.TDF | Typeface definition - Speedo |
.TEX | Tex or LaTex document |
.TFM | Font metrics - Intellifont |
.TGA | TARGA graphics |
.tgz | Another name for .tar.z and .tar.gz |
.THEME | Desktop theme - Windows 95 (filename extension). |
.THN | Thumbnail (filename extension). |
.TIF | TIFF graphics file |
.TIFF | TIFF graphics file (filename extension). |
.TLB | OLE Type Library (filename extension). |
.TMP | Temporary file |
.TOC | Table Of Contents (filename extension). |
.TRM | Terminal settings - Windows (filename extension). |
.TTC | TrueType compressed font |
.TTF | TrueType font |
.TWF | TabWorks File (file extension). |
.TX8 | MS-DOS text (filename extension). |
.TXT | ASCII text file |
.USL | LaserJet landscape font |
.USP | LaserJet portrait font |
.uu | Uuencode compressed file |
.uue | Uuencode file |
.VBP | Visual Basic Project (filename extension). |
.VBX | Visual Basic Extension |
.VDA | Targa bitmap (filename extension). |
.VGR | Ventura |
.VIFF | Khoros Visualization image file |
.VLB | Ventura Library (filename extension). |
.VOC | Sound Blaster |
.VP | Ventura Publisher (filename extension). |
.VST | Targa bitmap (filename extension). |
.VUE | Relational View - dBASE |
.VXD | Virtual Device Driver (filename extension). |
.WAB | Windows Address Book (filename extension). |
.WAV | Sound file |
.WBK | Microsoft Word Backup (filename extension). |
.WDB | Microsoft Works Database (filename extension). |
.WID | Ventura width table (filename extension). |
.WIN | Windows backup file (filename extension). |
.WIZ | Microsoft Word Wizard (filename extension). |
.WK1 | Lotus 1-2-3, up to 2.01 |
.WK3 | Lotus version 3 |
.WK4 | Lotus version 4 |
.WKQ | Quattro spreadsheet |
.WKS | 1. Lotus Worksheet (filename extension). 2. Microsoft Works document (filename extension). |
.WLR | VRML page |
.WMF | Windows Metafile |
.WP | WordPerfect |
.WPD | 1. Windows Printer Description (filename extension). 2. WordPerfect Demo (filename extension). 3. WordPerfect Document (filename extension). |
.WPG | WordPerfect Graphics |
.WPM | WordPerfect macro |
.WPS | Microsoft Works document |
.WPT | WordPerfect Template (filename extension). |
.WRI | Windows Write document |
.WRK | Symphony spreadsheet |
.WS1 | WordStar for Windows 1 document (filename extension). |
.WS2 | WordStar for Windows 2 document (filename extension). |
.WS3 | WordStar for Windows 3 document (filename extension). |
.WS4 | WordStar for Windows 4 document (filename extension). |
.WS5 | WordStar for Windows 5 document (filename extension). |
.WS6 | WordStar for Windows 6 document (filename extension). |
.WS7 | WordStar for Windows 7 document (filename extension). |
.WVL | Wavelet compressed bitmap (filename extension). |
.X | AVS X image file |
.XAR | Corel Xara drawing (filename extension). |
.XBM | X Bitmap |
.XFX | JetFax |
.XIF | Xerox Image Format (filename extension). |
.XLC | Excel chart |
.XLK | Microsoft Excel backup (filename extension). |
.XLM | Microsoft Excel macro (filename extension). |
.XLS | Excel worksheet |
.XLT | Microsoft Excel template (filename extension). |
.XM | MOD music format (filename extension). |
.XPM | X Pixelmap |
.XWD | X Window System window dump image |
.XXE | Xxencoded file (filename extension). |
.YAL | Arts & Letters click art (filename extension). |
.Z | Unix compress file |
.ZIP | File compressed using PKZIP |
.ZOO | Zoo |
assistants | A special kind of file used by Claris Works. Assistants guide the user through a task by asking a series of questions and then use the answers to perform a task. Assistants in Claris Works can be used to create such useful items as calendars, newsletters, stationery, labels, and address lists, to make footnotes within a file, to find documents, etc. |
bad fix | A failed attempt to repair a computer bug; a fix that doesn't work or that introduces new and unexpected problems. The expression has cropped up a lot in relation to Y2K fixes. |
LHA | A DOS compression program. Compressed files have the extension .lhz. |
MBX | Message Base - Eudora (filename extension). |
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