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