A file format is the way that information is encoded for storage in a computer file. It may describe the encoding at various levels of abstraction including...
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ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. A ZIP file may contain one or more files or directories that may have been compressed...
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Like most modern container formats, it allows streaming over the Internet. The only filename extension for MPEG-4 Part 14 files as defined by the specification...
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This is a list of computer file formats, categorized by domain. Some formats are listed under multiple categories. Each format is identified by a capitalized...
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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...
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WARC (Web ARChive) archive format specifies a method for combining multiple digital resources into an aggregate archive file together with related information...
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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...
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RAR is a proprietary archive file format that supports data compression, error correction and file spanning. It was developed in 1993 by Russian software...
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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...
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An audio file format is a file format for storing digital audio data on a computer system. The bit layout of the audio data (excluding metadata) is called...
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PDF (redirect from PDF (file format))
Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images...
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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...
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The ICO file format is an image file format for computer icons in Microsoft Windows. ICO files contain one or more small images at multiple sizes and color...
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STL is a file format native to the stereolithography CAD software created by 3D Systems. Chuck Hull, the inventor of stereolithography and 3D Systems’...
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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...
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A video file format is a type of file format for storing digital video data on a computer system. Video is almost always stored using lossy compression...
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QuickTime File Format (QTFF) is a computer file format used natively by the QuickTime framework. The format specifies a multimedia container file that contains...
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WAV (redirect from Wave file format)
Waveform Audio File Format (WAVE, or WAV due to its filename extension; pronounced /wæv/ or /weɪv/ ) is an audio file format standard for storing an audio...
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Cabinet (or CAB) is an archive-file format for Microsoft Windows that supports lossless data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining...
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Executable and Linkable Format (ELF, formerly named Extensible Linking Format) is a common standard file format for executable files, object code, shared...
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definition file format first developed by Wavefront Technologies for The Advanced Visualizer animation package. It is an open file format and has been...
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LRC (short for lyrics) is a computer file format that synchronizes song lyrics with an audio file, such as MP3, AAC, or MIDI. It allows for compatible...
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container format (informally, sometimes called a wrapper) or metafile is a file format that allows multiple data streams to be embedded into a single file, usually...
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A document file format is a text or binary file format for storing documents on a storage media, especially for use by computers. There currently exists...
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format, or HAR, is a JSON-formatted archive file format for logging of a web browser's interaction with a site. The common extension for these files is...
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Tar (computing) (redirect from TAR file format)
I/O device with no file system, and the name is short for the format description "tape archive". When stored in a file system, a file that tar reads and...
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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...
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packages' master control file format". manpages.debian.org. Retrieved 2017-04-23. "Debian Policy Manual Chapter 5 - Control files and their fields". debian...
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Lottie is a file format for vector graphics animation, and is named after Charlotte "Lotte" Reiniger, a German pioneer of silhouette animation. Lottie...
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name text file refers to a file format that allows only plain text content with very little formatting (e.g., no bold or italic types). Such files can be...
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