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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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comparison of image file formats (graphics file formats). This comparison primarily features file formats for 2D images. Ownership of the format and related...
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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...
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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...
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multitude of incompatible document file formats. Examples of XML-based open standards are DocBook, XHTML, and, more recently, the ISO/IEC standards OpenDocument...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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Tar (computing) (redirect from TAR file format)
formats are codified in POSIX: ustar and pax. Not codified but still in current use is the GNU tar format. A tar archive consists of a series of file...
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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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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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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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Kindle file formats. Kindle devices can also display some generic document formats such as plain text (TXT) and Portable Document Format (PDF) files; however...
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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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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...
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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 systems...
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Gzip (redirect from Gzip (file format))
open-source software portal Brotli – Open-source compression algorithm Libarc – C++ library Comparison of file archivers List of archive formats List...
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Later systems use XML and other formats instead of the registry. The Property List is the standard configuration file format in macOS (as well as in iOS,...
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playlist formats, 2003 PLSv2 play list specification, 2010/2012 Open PLS in WMP Archived 2014-09-25 at the Wayback Machine "PLS File Extension". FileInfo.com...
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other multimedia file formats (for example 3GP, Motion JPEG 2000). A list of all registered extensions for ISO Base Media File Format is published on the...
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