A proprietary file format is a file format of a company, organization, or individual that contains data that is ordered and stored according to a particular...

file format is licensed with an open license.[failed verification][contradictory] For example, an open format can be implemented by both proprietary and...

RAR is a proprietary archive file format that supports data compression, error correction and file spanning. It was developed in 1993 by Russian software...

storage medium. File formats may be either proprietary or open. Some file formats are designed for very particular types of data: PNG files, for example...

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...

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...

Standard Test Data Format (STDF) is a proprietary file format for semiconductor test information originally developed by Teradyne, but it is now a de facto...

Bink Video is a proprietary file format (extensions .bik and .bk2) for video developed by Epic Games Tools (formerly RAD Game Tools), a part of Epic Games...

The Rich Text Format (often abbreviated RTF) is a proprietary document file format with published specification developed by Microsoft Corporation from...

MP3 may help MP3 to become and stay entrenched. More examples: Proprietary file formats that have become widespread on the Web: examples include GIF (patent...

Kindle File Format is a proprietary e-book file format created by Amazon.com that can be downloaded and read on devices like smartphones, tablets, computers...

processing documents stored on Microsoft's proprietary Microsoft Word Binary File Format; it was the primary format for Microsoft Word until the 2007 version...

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...

In computing, a Personal Storage Table (.pst) is an open proprietary file format used to store copies of messages, calendar events, and other items within...

document format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images...

TAB format is a geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems software. It is developed and regulated by Precisely as a proprietary format...

Systems Format (formerly Advanced Streaming Format, Active Streaming Format) is Microsoft's proprietary digital audio/digital video container format, especially...

Exchangeable image file format (officially Exif, according to JEIDA/JEITA/CIPA specifications) is a standard that specifies formats for images, sound,...

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...

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...

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...

ART is a proprietary image file format used mostly by the America Online (AOL) service and client software. The ART format (file extension ".art") holds...

FBX (from Filmbox) is a proprietary file format (.fbx) developed by Kaydara and owned by Autodesk since 2006. It is used to provide interoperability between...

used and implemented by anyone. For example, an open format can be implemented by both proprietary and free and open source software, using the typical...

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...

lines. The Adobe Illustrator Artwork format is the native Illustrator file format. It is a proprietary file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing...

The PP-format (Post Processing Format) is a proprietary file format for meteorological data developed by the Met Office, the United Kingdom's national...

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...

QuickTime File Format (QTFF) is a computer file format used natively by the QuickTime framework. The format specifies a multimedia container file that contains...

Cabinet (or CAB) is an archive-file format for Microsoft Windows that supports lossless data compression and embedded digital certificates used for maintaining...