each. In contrast to open formats, closed formats are considered trade secrets. Open formats are also called free file formats if they are not encumbered...

and free and open-source software, using the typical software licenses used by each. In contrast to open file formats, closed file formats are considered...

list of file formats used by computers, organized by type. Filename extension is usually noted in parentheses if they differ from the file format's name...

support multiple types of audio and video data. There are three major groups of audio file formats: Uncompressed audio formats, such as WAV, AIFF, AU...

An image file format is a file format for a digital image. There are many formats that can be used, such as JPEG, PNG, and GIF. Most formats up until...

tabular structure. A file format may be standarized (which can be proprietary or open) or it can be adhoc; a convention. Some file formats are designed for...

multitude of incompatible document file formats. Examples of XML-based open standards are DocBook, XHTML, and, more recently, the ISO/IEC standards OpenDocument...

comparison of image file formats (graphics file formats). This comparison primarily features file formats for 2D images. Ownership of the format and related...

GIS file format or geospatial file format is a standard for encoding geographical information into a computer file. It is a specialized type of file format...

The Office Open XML file formats are a set of file formats that can be used to represent electronic office documents. There are formats for word processing...

This is a list of file formats used by archivers and compressors used to create archive files. Archive formats are used for backups, mobility, and archiving...

WARC (Web ARChive) archive format specifies a method for combining multiple digital resources into an aggregate archive file together with related information...

MOD is a computer file format used primarily to represent music, and was the first module file format. MOD files use the “.MOD” file extension, except...

dictates that a file extension enables the user to derive which program will open the file. That is the case with some video file formats, such as WebM...

payload format. Some technologies, such as WebRTC, do not use any container formats for streaming. Some use fragmented MP4 (fMP4) or MPEG-TS segment files, such...

The BMP file format, or bitmap, is a raster graphics image file format used to store bitmap digital images, independently of the display device (such as...

XML formats Filename extension Alphabetical list of file extensions Office Open XML Introducing the Microsoft Office (2007) Open XML File Formats Introduction...

PLY is a computer file format known as the Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format. It was principally designed to store three-dimensional...

definition file format first developed by Wavefront Technologies for The Advanced Visualizer animation package. It is an open file format and has been...

the beginning of the file. Many file formats are not intended to be read as text. If such a file is accidentally viewed as a text file, its contents will...

the file's type List of file formats – Historical and current file formats Newline – Special characters in computing signifying the end of a line of text...

compressed by zlib instead. The XCF file format is backward compatible (all versions of GIMP can open earlier versions' files) and in some cases, forward compatible...

compression formats of the time. The earliest known version of .ZIP File Format Specification was first published as part of PKZIP 0.9 package under the file APPNOTE...

STL is a file format native to the stereolithography CAD software created by 3D Systems. Chuck Hull, the inventor of stereolithography and 3D Systems’...

libarchive open-source project. The filename extension rar is also used by the unrelated Resource Adapter aRchive file format. .cbr List of archive formats Comparison...

The Android Package with the file extension apk is the file format used by the Android operating system and a number of other Android-based operating systems...

Kindle file formats. Kindle devices can also display some generic document formats such as plain text (TXT) and Portable Document Format (PDF) files; however...

A JAR ("Java archive") file is a package file format typically used to aggregate many Java class files and associated metadata and resources (text, images...

detailing those streams. Notable examples of container formats include archive files (such as the ZIP format) and formats used for multimedia playback (such...

The Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), also known as OpenDocument, standardized as ISO 26300, is an open file format for word processing...