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                          Numbers and symbols

 000-999  | Used to number old (backup) versions of files (for 
 000-999  | example, CONFIG.SYS when changed by an installation 
 000-999  | program); also used to number related data files for 
 000-999  | multiple users of a small-scale PC application
            
 10o      Embroidery machines graphics file - Toyota (binary)
 12M      Lotus 123 97 Smartmaster file
 123      Lotus 123 97 file
 2GR      VGA Graphics driver/configuration files under Windows (binary)
 3GR      VGA Graphics driver/configuration files under Windows (binary)
 3DM      3D NURBS modeler, Rhino  ?????
 3DS      A file in 3D Studio (for DOS) format
 386      A file for use in an 80386 or higher microprocessor
 4GE      Informix 4GL compiled code
 4GL      Informix 4GL source code
 669      Composer 669, Unis<?> Composer music mod file
 669      669 tracker module  ?????
 #01 and  | method of numbering picture files for a roll of film
 higher   | that has been scanned for computer presentation
 $$$      Used by OS/2 to keep track of archived files

 @@@      | Screen files used in the installation and instruction
 @@@      | on use of such applications as M$ Codeview for C


                                   A (08/23/00)

 A86      A86 assembly source shareware compiler                           
 A        |ADA source code                                                 
 A        |Object code library                                             
 A        |Assembly programming source code                                
 AAM      Authorware shocked file                                          
 AAS      Authorware shocked packet                                        
 ABC      Micrografx ABC Flowcharter                                       
 ABF      Adobe Binary Screen Font                                         
 ABK      CorelDRAW automatic backup                                       
 ABM      PhotoPlus album                                                  

 ABS      Abscissa data                                                    
 ACB      ACMB graphic
 ACE      | Compression file format associated with a 
 ACE      | program called The Ace Archiver (binary)
 ACL      |Corel Draw 6 keyboard accelerator
 ACL      |Axialis Cursor Library
 ACM      |AUDIO CONVERTER MODULE
 ACM      |Used by Windows in the system directory
 ACP      M$ Office Assistant Preview file
 ACR      |ACR-NEMA medical image file
 ACR      |American College of Radiology file format

 ACT      |M$ Office Assistant Actor source code file
 ACT      |Parson's Announcements file (binary)
 ACV      OS/2 drivers that compress and decompress audio data
 AD       After Dark screen saver data
 ADA      Ada source text (non-GNAT)  (ASCII)
 ADB      Ada source text body (GNAT) (ASCII)
 ADB      Appointment database used by HP 100LX organizer
 ADD      OS/2 adapter drivers used in the boot process
 ADF      Amiga Disk File
 ADF      ARC data file                                                         
 ADI      AutoCAD Device-Independent binary plotter image format

 ADL      QEMM MCA adapter description library
 ADM      After Dark MultiModule screensaver
 ADN      Lotus 1-2-3 add-in                                                    
 ADP      |AOL HTML file (ASCII)
 ADP      |Astound Dynamite file
 ADP      |Used by FaxWorks to do setup for fax modem interaction
 ADR      After Dark Randomizer screensaver
 ADS      Ada source text specification (GNAT) (ASCII)
 ADT      AdTech Fax document                                                   
 ADX      Archetype Designer document                                           
 AFM      |ADOBE FONT METRICS ASCII file format
 AFM      |used for storing readable fonts

 AFT      Micrografx ABC Flowcharter template
 AFW      Micrografx ABC Flowcharter working file                               
 AF2      Micrografx ABC Flowcharter 2                                          
 AF3      Micrografx ABC Flowcharter 3
 AFM      Adobe Font Metrics Format (Ray Trace)
 AGA      Agenda File                          
 AGF      Atlas geodata (GIS) file             
 AI       Adobe Illustrator drawing
 AI       Encapuslated PostScript image file (binary)
 AIF      | Audio Interchange File, a sound format used by 
 AIF      | Silicon Graphics and Macintosh applications  (binary)
 AIFC     Similar to AIF (compressed) (binary)

 AIFF     | Audio Interchange File, a sound format used by 
 AIFF     | Silicon Graphics and Macintosh applications  (binary)
 AIFF     | Similar to AIF              (binary)
 AIM      AOL Instant Messenger Launch
 AIS      |ACDSee Image Sequence file
 AIS      |Velvet Studio Instruments
 AIS      |Xerox Array of Intensity Samples graphic
 AKW      | Contains all A-keywords in the RoboHELP Help 
 AKW      | project Index Designer not associated with topics
 AL       A-law sound file                                                      
 ALAW     European telephony format audio

 ALB      JASC Image Commander album
 ALD      Aldus Pagemaker file
 ALL      Arts & Letters Library
 AMF      Advanced Module Format sound file
 AMS      |Velvert Studio music module (MOD) file
 AMS      |Extreme's Tracker module format
 ANC      | Canon Computer Pattern Maker file that is 
 ANC      | a selectable list of pattern colors
 ANI      Animated Cursor
 ANM      |DeluxePaint animation
 ANM      |Lucas Arts animation

 ANN      Windows Help annotation
 ANS      |ANSI character animation
 ANS      |ANSI text   (ASCII)
 ANT      saved game file in the original SimAnt for Windows
 APD      Aldus printer file                                                    
 API      Application Program Interface file; used by Adobe Acrobat
 APP      |Gem application
 APP      |Symphony add in application
 APP      |dBase Application Generator object file
 APP      |DR-DOS executable application
 APP      |Atari executable application
 APP      |FoxPro generated application

 APR      |Lotus Approach 97 file
 APR      |ArcView project file
 APS      M$ Visual C++ file
 APX      Borland C++ 4.5 Appexpert database
 ARC      Lempel-Ziv-Huffman (old version) compressed archive (binary)
 ARI      Aristotle audio file
 ARJ      Robert Jung ARJ compressed archive (binary)
 ARS      WordPerfect audio resource file

 ART      | Used by AOL to designate files compressed using 
 ART      | the Johson-Grace compression algorithm  (binary)
 ART      |Another Ray Tracer format
 ART      |Ashton-Tate Byline graphic
 ART      |Canon Crayola art file (binary)
 ART      |Clip Art file format
 ART      |Crayola Art graphic
 ART      |PFS First Publisher graphic
 ART      |VORT (Unix) ART ray tracer graphic
 ART      |Xara Studio drawing

 ASA      M$ Visual InterDev file
 ASC      |American Standard Code for Information (ASCII)
 ASC      | Exchange file. An unformatted text file. Also
 ASC      | known as plain text, vanilla text, or flat text
 ASC      |PGP armored encrypted file
 ASD      |Astound presentation
 ASD      |WinWord AutoSave
 ASE      Velvet Studio sample
 ASF      |M$ Advanced Streaming Format file
 ASF      |Active Streaming Format
 ASH      TASM 3.0 assembly language header file

 ASI      |Turbo C assembler include file
 ASI      |Borland C++ assembler include file
 ASM      Assembler language source file (uncompiled)
 ASO      |Astound Dynamite Objects
 ASO      |TASM object file
 ASP      |Association of Shareware Professionals Ombudsman notice
 ASP      |HTML Script
 ASP      |Active Server Page (an HTML file containing a M$
 ASP      | server-processed script)  (ASCII) 
 ASP      |Procomm Plus setup and connection script  (ASCII)
 ASP      |Astound Presentation file
 ASX      Active Streaming Format

 AST      |Astound multimedia file
 AST      |Claris Works "assistant" file
 ASV      DataCAD Autosave file
 ASX      |Cheyenne Backup script  (ASCII)
 ASX      |M$ Advanced Streaming Redirector file
 ASX      |Video file
 ATT      AT&T Group 4 bitmap   (binary)
 AU       |æ-law (mu-law) audio file Originally a UNIX format
 AU       |Sun/NeXT/DEC/(UNIX) sound file
 AUX      Generic auxiliary file; reserved word in DOS

 AVB      Inculan Anti-Virus virus infected file
 AVD      Avery LabelPro ListManager Data file
 AVI      M$ Audio Video Interleaved file format for Windows movie
 AVR      Audio Visual Research file format
 AVS      |APPLICATION VISUALIZATION SYSTEM:
 AVS      | Digital Video Interactive (.dvi) file
 AVX      ArcView Extension file
 AW       HP AdvanceWrite text
 AWD      Fax Viewer document
 AWK      |(FROM AUTOSPELL no identification)
 AWK      |UNIX parsing program

 AWR      Telsis file extension format for digitally stored audio.
 AWM      Animation Works movie
 AXD      Avery LabelPro ListManager Data file
 AXX      | ARJ compressed files from a multi-volume archive 
 AXX      | (XX = a number from 01 to 99)  (binary)
 A3M      unpackaged Authorware MacIntosh file
 A4M      unpackaged Authorware MacIntosh file
 A4P      Authorware file packaged without runtime
 A3W      unpackaged Authorware windows file
 A4W      unpackaged Authorware windows file
 A5W      unpackaged Authorware windows file



                                   B (08/24/00)
                                           
 B        BASIC source code. Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
 B4       Helix Nuts and Bolts file
 B64      Mime Base 64 coded file
 BAK      |Backup file. This extension is given to files when they
 BAK      | are replaced with another file with the same name.
 BAS      |Executable text file in BASIC (Beginners All-purpose Symbolic 
 BAS      | Instruction Code) for the Basic language interpreter. 
 BAR      |Unix BAR archive file
 BAR      |dBase horizontal bar menu object
 BAT      Executable Batch file (ASCII). Text file of commands to DOS.

 BB       Papyrus database backup
 BBL      TeX or BibTeX bibliography
 BBM      Deluxe Paint brush file
 BBS      Bulletin board system text file
 BCH      dBase Batch process object
 BCP      Borland C++ makefile
 BBX      Boom Box for Windows
 BCK      VMS/VAX backup
 BCM      M$ Works 4.0 Communication
 BCW      Borland C++ workspace settings

 BDB      M$ Works 4.0 database
 BDF      |Adobe Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format file
 BDF      |West Point Bridge Designer program
 BDR      MS Publisher border
 BFC      Windows 95 Briefcase document
 BFX      BitFax Pro ViewFax
 BG       Backgammon for Windows game
 BGA      OS/2 bitmapped graphic
 BGI      Borland Graphics Interface, A graphics program file
 BGL      | from M$ concerning scenery files from the 
 BGL      | well known Flight Simulator

 BI       Binary file (binary)
 BIB      |BibTeX bibliography source
 BIB      |ASCII bibliography
 BID      Parson's Announcements file (binary)
 BIF      |Binary Image Format (Graphics)
 BIF      |WordPerfect initialization file
 BIF      |GroupWise initialization file
 BIFF     XLITE 3D file format
 BIG      Text file created from other text files (ASCII) (tgs)
 BIL      File Band Interleaved by Line  (Graphic)

 BIN      Binary file (binary)
 BIN      Macbinary II encoded file
 BIP      File Band Interleaved by Pixel (graphic)
 BIT      |Bitmap graphic
 BIT      |ASCII text file, fragment of larger file(s)
 BK       JetFax Faxbook; sometimes backup version
 BK!      WordPerfect backup
 BK$      Sometimes used to denote backup versions
 BKP      Backup file (various)
 BKS      |An IBM BookManager Read bookshelf
 BKS      |M$ Works 4.0 Sheet or Chart

 BKX      Backup file where X = 1 to 9
 BLG      BibTeX log
 BM1      Apogee BioMenace data file (binary)
 BMF      Corel! image similar to bmp
 BMK      |A bookmark file (ASCII)
 BMK      |CNM Bookmark Collection (content type MIME)
 BMK      |Windows Help bookmark
 BMP      Windows - OS/2 bitmap graphics file (binary)
 BNK      |Adlib instrument bank
 BNK      |step-processed ASCII file 

 BOO      Kermit bootstrap protocol binary file
 BOOK     Adobe FrameMaker Book
 BOX      A mailbox in Notes
 BPL      Borland Delphi 4 packed library (binary)
 BQS      UNKNOWN (help appreciated)
 BQY      BrioQuery file
 BPS      M$ Works 4.0 Document
 BRX      A file for browsing an index of multimedia options
 BS1      Apogee Blake Stone data file
 BS_      M$ Bookshelf Find Menu shell extension
 BSA      BSARC file archive

 BSC      MS Developer Studio (MSDev) browser information file
 BSP      Quake map
 BSQ      Band Sequential Graphic file
 BST      BibTeX bibliography style
 BTM      Batch file used by Norton Utilities
 BTN      Parson's Announcements file (binary)
 BUD      Backup disk for Quicken
 BUN      CakeWalk Audio Bundle file (a MIDI program)
 B_W      Atari black and white graphic
 BW       Silicon Graphics Inc Black and White image file
 BYU      A file in a Movie BYU format


 

                                         C
 C        C code  (source file)
 C01      Typhoon wave files ?????
 CAB      | M$ cabinet file (program files compressed 
 CAB      | for software distribution) (binary)
 CAD      used by the drafting program "Drafix Cad">by Softdesk
 CAL      |CALS Compressed Bitmap (binary)
 CAL      |Calendar schedule data
 CAM      Casio camera format
 CAP      Compressed music file format (binary)
 CAR      Announcements document file (card) ?????
 CAS      Comma-delimited ASCII file
 CAT      IntelliCharge categorization file used by Quicken
 CB       M$ clean boot file
 CBI      Column binary formatted file (used in IBM mainframe systems)

 CCA      cc:mail  ?????
 CCB      Visual Basic Animated Button configuration
 CCF      Multimedia Viewer configuration file used in OS/2
 CCH      Corel Chart
 CCM      Lotus CC:Mail "box" (for example, INBOX.CCM)
 CCO      CyberChat data file
 CCT      Macromedia Director Shockwave cast
 CDA      CDDA  Audio Track File
 CDB      CardBase Document
 CDF      |M$ Channel Definition Format file (ASCII)
 CDF      |Document (Content type MIME)
 CDI      Phillips Compact Disk Interactive format
 CDP      ColorDesk image
 CDR      CorelDraw drawing (graphics) (binary)
 CDR      Raw Audio-CD data
 CDT      Corel Draw template

 CDX      |Corel Draw compressed drawing  (binary)
 CDX      |M$'s Visual Foxpro Index
 CDX      |CardBase import/export file
 CEL      CIMFast Event Language file
 CER      Certificate file (MIME x-x509-ca-cert)
 CFB      Compton's Multimedia file
 CFG      Configuration file
 CFM      Cold Fusion template files
 CGI      Common Gateway Interface script file (ASCII)
 CGM      Computer Graphics Metafile (binary)
 CH       OS/2 configuration file
 CHK      File fragments saved by Windows Disk Defragmenter or ScanDisk
 CHM      Compiled HTML file
 CHR      Character Sets (Font files)

 CHP      Ventura Publisher chapter
 CHT      |ChartViewer file
 CHT      |Harvard Graphics vector file (binary)
 CIL      Clip Gallery download package
 CIM      Sim City 200 file
 CIN      OS/2 change control file that tracks changes to an INI file
 CK#      iD/Apogee Commander Keen # (where # is a number) data file

 CLASS    Java class
 CLL      Crick Software Clicker File
 CLP      Windows Clipboard file (binary or ASCII)
 CLS      Visual Basic Class Module
 CMD      |Command file for Windows NT (similar to a DOS .BAT file), OS/2
 CMD      |DOS CP/M command file
 CMD      |dBase-II program file
 CMF      Corel Metafile
 CMP      |JPEG Bitmap (binary)
 CMP      |Address document
 CMV      Corel Move animation
 CMX      Corel Presentation Exchange image
 CNF      | Configuration file used by Telnet, Windows, 
 CNF      | and other applications with varying internal formats
 CNM      Windows application menu options and setup file
 CNQ      Compuworks Design Shop file
       
 CNT      | Windows (or other) system content files for the 
 CNT      | help index and other purposes
 COB      trueSpace2 object
 COD      | M$ C compiler output as displayable machine
 COD      | language/assembler with original C as comments
 COM      Command file (binary) (Executable)
 CPD      |Corel PrintOffice file (drawing)
 CPD      |Fax Cover document
 CPE      Fax Cover document
 CPI      M$ MS-DOS code page information file
 CPL      |Control Panel extension
 CPL      |Corel color palette
 CPO      Corel Print House file
        
 CPP      C++ code
 CPR      Corel Presents Presentation
 CPT      Corel Photo-Paint image
 CPT      EconoWatch Document 
 CPX      Corel Presentation Exchange Compressed drawing (binary)
 CR1      EconoWatch Document
 CRD      Cardfile file
 CRP      Corel Presents Run-Time Presentation
 CRT      Internet Security Certificate
 CSC      Corel Script  (ASCII)
 CSP      PC Emcee On-Screen image
 CSS      Cascading Style Sheet file (ASCII)
 CST      |Macromedia Director "Cast" (resource) file
 CST      |Cost module
 CSV      Comma-separated values file, DOS or Win
 CT       |SciTex Continuous Tone bitmap (binary)

 CT       |A graphic file associated with the Paint Shop Pro Graphic 
 CT       | Editor Used in general to mean a file containing 
 CT       | control information.
 CTL      |FAXWorks uses it to keep information about each 
 CTL      | fax sent and received.
 CTL      |Control data file (tgs)
 CTR      Comm Term Document (Content type MIME)  
 CUE      M$ Cue Cards data
 CUR      Windows Cursor
 CUT      Dr Halo bitmap (graphics) (binary)
 CV       Corel Versions archive (binary)
 CV       M$ CodeView information screen
 CWK      Claris Works data file
 CWL      Claris Works file
 CWS      Claris Works template
 CXT      | Macromedia Director protected (not editable) 
 CXT      | "Cast" (resource) file
 CXX      C++ source code file


                                   D

 DAT      |Data file, "catchall" file, (ASCII/Binary)
 DAT      |WordPerfect Merge Data
 DAT      |Extension used for some MPEG formats
 DB       |Borderland's Paradox 7 tables
 DB       |Paradox List
 DBC      M$'s Visual Foxpro Database container
 DBF      Aston-Tate dBase database
 DBX      |DataBeam image
 DBX      |M$'s Visual Foxpro Table
 DCM      DCM model format
 DCR      |Shockwave file
 DCR      |Macromedia Director Protected Movie (non-editable)
 DCS      Desktop Color Separation file
 DCT      M$'s Visual Foxpro Database container
 DCU      Delphi compiled unit file
 DCX      |M$'s Visual Foxpro Database container
 DCX      |Fax image (based on PCX) (binary)
 DCX      |Macros (X equal number) ?????
 DCX      |Intel SatisFAXtion file
 DC5      DataCAD Drawing files
 DDF      BTRIEVE database ?????

 DDIF     | Digital Equipment or Compaq format. Used for storing 
 DDIF     | images and their word processing documents
 DEF      |SmartWare II data file
 DEF      |C++ Definition
 DEFI     Oracle 7 de-install script  (ASCII)
 DEM      USGS standards for Digital Elevation Models
 DEL      Has to do with graphics files, eg, BMP files
 DER      Internet Security Certificate
 DEWF     Macintosh SoundCap/SoundEdit recorded instrument format
 DGN      Microstation95 CAD drawing file
 DIB      Windows - OS/2 Device-Independent Bitmap  (graphics) (binary)
 DIC      Dictionary (binary or ASCII)
 DIF      Data Interchange Format spreadsheet
 DIG      |Digilink format
 DIG      |Sound Designer I audio file

 DIR      |Macromedia Director movie
 DIR      |Directory text file  (tgs)  (ASCII)
 DIZ      Description file (text file, shareware) (ASCII)                       
 DLG      C++ Dialogue Script  (ASCII)                                          
 DLS      DownLoadable Sound                                             
 DLL      Dynamic-Link Library (binary)
 DMF      X-Trakker music module (MOD) file                              
 DOC      |FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document                            
 DOC      |WordStar document                                              
 DOC      |WordPerfect document                                           
 DOC      |M$ Word document                                               
 DOC      |DisplayWrite document                                        
 DOT      M$ Word document Template                                      
                                                                         
 DPL      Borland Delphi 3 packed library                                
 DPR      Borland Delphi project header file                             
 DRAW     Acorn's object-based vector image file                         
 DRV      Driver file (binary)
 DRW      Micrografx Designer/Draw (binary)
 DSF      Micrografx Designer v7.x                                       
 DSG      DooM saved game                                                
 DSM      Dynamic Studio music module file                         
 DSP      M$ Developer Studio project                                    
 DSQ      Corel QUERY file                                               
 DST      Embroidery machines graphics file - Tajima (binary)
 HUS      Embroidery machines graphics file - Viking (binary)
 DSW      M$ Developer Studio workspace                                  
 DTD      SGML Document Type Definition (DTD) file                       
                                                                         
 DTED     Digital terrain elevation data (geographic data format)        
 DTM      DigiTrakker module                                             
 DTF      Symantec Q&A relational database data file                     
 DUN      M$ Dial-up Networking Export file                              
 DV       Digital video file (MIME)                                      
 DVI      Digital Video Interactive file
 DWD      DiamondWare digitized file                                     
 DWG      |Autocad Drawing files                                          
 DWG      |AutoCAD drawing, or older Generic CADD drawing format          
                                                                         
 DXF      | Autodesk Drawing Interchange (eXchange) format, 
 DXF      | a text representation of the binary DWG format (ASCII)
 DXF      |Data Exchange File                                             
 DXR      Macromedia Director protected (not editable) movie file        


                                   E

 E        Eiffel source code
 EDA      Ensoniq ASR disk image                                  
 EDE      Ensoniq EPS disk image                                  
 EDD      Element Definition Document (FrameMaker+SGML documents) 
 EDK      Ensoniq KT disk image                                   
 EDQ      Ensoniq SQ1/SQ2/KS32 disk image                         
 EDS      Ensoniq SQ80 disk image                                 
 EDV      Ensoniq VFX-SD disk image                               
 EFA      Ensoniq ASR file                                        
 EFE      Ensoniq EPS file                                        
 EFK      Ensoniq KT file                                         
                                                                  
 EFQ      Ensoniq SQ1/SQ2/KS32 file                               
 EFS      Ensoniq SQ80 file                                       
 EFV      Ensoniq VFX-SD file 
 ELA      Embroidery machines graphics file - Old (binary)
 ELI      Encarta Encyclopedia Article List                                    
 EMD      ABT Extended MoDule                                     
 EMF      Enhanced Windows Metafile image file (binary)
 EML      M$ Outlook Express mail message (MIME RFC 822)          
 ENC      Encore file                                             
 ENFF     Neutral File Format extension                           
 EPHTML   Enhanced Perl-parsed HTML                               
 EPS      |Encapsulated PostScript image                           
 EPS      |TIFF preview file
 ER1      ERWin file
 ERM      CNM EditingRoom Script                                             
                                                                  
 ERR      | Stores the error messages that result when the         
 ERR      | RoboHELP Help Compiler attempts to compile the         
 ERR      | source files of a Help system                          
                                                                  
 ERX      ERWin file  ?????                                       
 ESPF     Encapsulated PostScript Files                           
 ESPS     ESPS audio files  (binary)                                      
 EUI      Ensoniq ESP family compacted disk image                 
 EVY      Envoy document                                          
 EWL      M$ Encarta document                                     
 EXC      M$ Word Exclusion Dictionary                            
 EXD      ????? (binary)
 EXE      Executable file (program) (binary)                              
 EXP      Embroidery machines graphics file - Melco Expanded (binary)
 EYB      Encarta Encyclopedia Yearbook File


                                   F

 F        FORTRAN file                                                     
 F2R      Farandoyle linear module format                                  
 F3R      Farandoyle blocked linear module format                          
 F77      FORTRAN 77 file                                                  
 F90      FORTRAN 90 file                                                  
 FAR      Farandole Composer music module file                       
 FAV      M$ Outlook navigation bar                                        
 FAX      FAX Type image                                                   
 FBK      Navison Financials Backup                                        
 FCD      Virtual CDROM                                                    
 FDB      Navison Financials Database                                      
 FDF      Adobe Acrobat Forms Document file                                
 FEM      CADRE Finite Element Mesh file                                   
                                                                           
 FFA      MS fast find file                                                
 FFF      GUS PnP bank file format                                         
 FFL      MS fast find file                                                
 FFO      MS fast find file                                                
 FFT      Final Form Text (part of IBM's DCA) (ASCII)
 FFX      MS fast find file                                                
 FH3      Aldus Freehand 3 drawing                                         
 FIF      Fractal image file                                               
 FIG      A file format used by REND386/AVRIL                              
 FIL      ASCII text file (tgs) (ASCII)
 FITS     |CCD camera image                                                 
 FITS     |Flexible Image Transport System                                  
 FLA      Macromidia Flash movie                                           
 FLC      AutoDesk FLIC animation                                          
 FLF      |Corel Paradox Delived form ?????
 FLF      |Navison Financials License file                                  
 FLI      AutoDesk FLIC animation                                          
 FLT      Corel filter                                                     
 FLT      Parson's Announcements file (binary)
                                                                          
 FLF      An OS/2 driver file                                              
 FLT      |StarTrekker music module (MOD) file                              
 FLT      |A file format use in MulitGen Inc.'s Open Flight                 
 FM       Adobe FrameMaker Document                                        
 FMB      Oracle binary source code for form, version 4.0 and later        
 FML      File Mirror List (GetRight)                                      
 FMS      FractMus document (Fractal Music)
 FMT      |Oracle text format of form, version 4.0 and later                
 FMT      |M$ Schedule+ print file                                          
 FMX      Oracle executable form, version 4.0 and later                    
 FND      M$ Explorer Saved Search file (Find applet)                      
 FNG      Font group file (Font Navigator)                                 
 FNK      FunkTracker module format
 FNT      Bitmap font file (binary)                                        
 FOG      Fontographer font                                                
 FON      System font (Bitmap font file) (binary)
 FOR      FORTRAN file                                                     
 FOT      Font-related file                                                
 FP       FileMaker Pro file                                               
 FP1      Flying Pigs for Windows data file                                
 FP3      FileMaker Pro file                                               
                                                                           
 FPT      FileMaker Pro file                                               
 FPT      M$ FoxPro memo fields                                            
 FPX      |FlashPix Image File bitmap (binary)
 FPX      |M$ Picture It! Image file
 FRM      |Form template (ASCII)
 FRM      |FrameMaker or FrameBuilder document                              
 FRM      |Oracle executable form version 3.0 and earlier                   
 FRM      |Visual Basic form                                                
 FRM      |WordPerfect Merge form                                           
 FRM      |Datacad Symbol Report file                                       
 FRX      |Visual Basic form stash file                                     
 FRX      |M$ FoxPro report file                                            
 FRT      M$ FoxPro report file                                      
 FSF      fPrint Audit Tool file format                                    
 FSL      Borderland's Paradox 7 forms ?????
 FSL      Corel Paradox Saved form                                         
 FSM      Farandoyle Sample format ?????                                   
                                                                           
 FT       | Lotus Notes Full Text index                                     
 FT       | Full-text Search Group file resulting from using                
 FT       | Find in the Windows Help system. Can be erased; regenerates     
 FTG      | Full-text Search Group file resulting from using                
 FTG      | Find in the Windows Help system. Can be erased; regenerates     
 FTS      | Full-Text Search index file resulting from using                
 FTS      | Find in the Windows help system                                 
 FW2      Framework II                                                     
 FW3      Framework III file                                               
 FW4      Framework IV file                                                
 FXP      M$ FoxPro compiled source file                                   
 FZB      Casio FZ-1 Bank dump                                             
 FZF      Casio FZ-1 Full dump                                             
 FZV      Casio FZ-1 Voice dump                                            


                                   G

 G721     Raw CCITT G.721 $bit ADPCM format data
 G723     Raw CCITT G.723 3 or 5bit ADPCM format data
 GAL      Corel Multimedia Manager album
 GCD      |Generic (TM) CADD drawing (later versions)
 GCD      |Global CD, file containing every single byte from a CD
 GCP      | Ground Control Point file used in image processing of remote
 GCP      | sensing data often to form map projections. CHIPS (CopenHagen
 GCP      | Image Processing System) uses these files.
 GDB      |InterBase database file
 GDB      |Parson's Announcements file (binary)
 GDM      Bells, whistles, and sound boards module format

 GED      | GEDCOM genealogical data file, a popular format for 
 GED      | recording and exchanging genealogical data (ASCII)
 GED      |Graphic Environment Document (drawing)
 GEM      Ventura/GEM metafile (graphics file) (binary)
 GEN      Ventura-Generated text file  (ASCII)
 GetRight GetRight Unfinished-Download file
 GFC      Patton&Patton Flowcharting 4 flowchart file
 GFI      Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation  (binary)
 GFX      Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation  (binary)
 GID      Windows 95 global index file (containing help status)
 GIF      CompuServe Graphics Interchange bitmap  (binary)
 GIM      Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary)
 GIX      Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary)
 GKH      Ensoniq EPS family disk image file
 GKS      Gravis GripKey document
 GL       An animation format
 GNA      Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary)

 GNT      | Generated Code, an executable code in a 
 GNT      | Micro Focus proprietary format
 GNX      Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary)
 GRA      M$ Graph 97 chart

 GRD      | Grid file, used in image processing of remote sensing 
 GRD      | data often to form map projections. CHIPS (CopenHagen 
 GRD      | Image Processing System) uses these files

 GRF      Grapher (Golden Software) graph file
 GRP      Program Manager Group
 GSM      |Raw GSM 6.10 audio stream
 GSM      |Raw 'byte aligned' GSM 6.10 audio stream
 GSM      |US Robotics voice modems GSM w.o. header/VoiceGuide/RapidComm
 GSM      |US Robotics voice modems GSM w. header/QuickLink
 GTK      Graoumftracker (old) music module (MOD) file
 GT2      Graoumftracker (new) music module (MOD) file
 GWD      Parson's Announcements file (ASCII_)
 GWP      Greetings Workshop Project file
 GWX      Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary)
 GWZ      Genigraphics Graphics Link presentation (binary)
 GZ       (UNIX) Gzip compressed file (binary)



                                   H

 H        C program header                                      
 HCOM     Sound Tools HCOM format                               
 HDF      A file in Hierarchical Data Format                    
 HED      HighEdit document                                     
 HEL      M$ Hellbender saved game                              
 HEX      Macintosh BinHex 2.0 file                             
 HGL      HP Graphics Language drawing (binary)                         
                                                                
 HH       | Map file. Contains topic IDs and map numbers for each
 HH       | of the topics in a Help system. Allows the running   
 HH       | application to send the user the appropriate         
 HH       | context-sensitive help topic                         
                                                                
 HLP      |Help file                                             
 HLP      |DataCAD Windows Help file                             
 HOG      Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file                       
 HPJ      Visual Basic Help Project                             
 HPP      C++ program header                                    
 HQX      Macintosh BinHex 4.0 file                             
 HST      History file                                          
 HT       HyperTerminal datafile (binary)
 HTM      Hypertext document  (ASCII)                                  
 HTML     Hypertext document  (ASCII)                                  
 HTT      M$ Hypertext Template (ASCII)                                
 HTX      Extended HTML template (ASCII)                               
 HUS      Embroidery machines graphics file - Viking (binary)
 HXM      Descent2 HAM file extension                           


                                   I

 IBM      Data files for "Grandma and Me"
 ICA      Citrix WinFrame file
 ICB      Targa bitmap (binary)                                                 
 ICC      Kodak printer format                                          
 ICL      Icon Library file (industry standard)                      
 ICM      Image Color Matching profile file                             
 ICO      Windows Icon                                                  
 IDB      MSDev 'intermediate' file                                     
 IDD      MIDI Instrument Definition                                    
 IDE      UNKNOWN  (help appreciated)
 IDF      MIDI Instrument Definition (Win95 required file)         
 IDQ      Internet Data Query file                                      
 IDX      |M$ FoxPro relational database index file                      
 IDX      |Symantec Q&A relational database index file                   
 IDX      |M$ Outlook Express file                                       
 IFF      Interchange Format Files, Amiga ILBM (graphics) (binary)
                                                                        
 IGES     Initial Graphics Exchange Specification file (binary)                 
 IGF      Inset Systems metafile                                        
 IIF      QuickBooks for Windows interchange file                       
 ILBM     A bitmap (graphic image) file  (binary)                               
 IMA      WinImage file (binary)                                                
 IMG      GEM Paint image file (binary)
 IN       Copy of IN.MBX (Eudora inbound mail box)
 INC      Assembler language or Active Server include file              
 INF      Information file (ASCII) ?????
 INI      Initialization file  (ASCII)                                         
 INI      MWave DSP synth's mwsynth.ini GM-setup                        
 INI      Gravis UltraSound bank setup                                  
 INP      Oracle source code for form, version 3.0 and earlier          
 INRS     INRS-Telecommunications audio                                 
 INS      InstallShield install script (ASCII)
 INS      Internet Communications setting                                 
 INS      X-Internet sign-up file                                       
 INS      Ensoniq EPS family instrument                                 
 INS      Sample Cell/II MAC/PC instruments                             
 INT      | Intermediate Code, an executable code produced when          
 INT      | a source program is syntax-checked                           
 IOF      Findit document                                               
 IPG      UNKNOWN (help appreciated)
 IQY      M$ Internet Inquiry file                                      
                                                                        
 ISO      | Lists the files on a CD-ROM; based on the ISO 9660           
 ISO      | CD-ROM file system standard                                  
 ISP      Internet Communication setting
 ISP      X-Internet sign-up file                                       
 IST      Digitaltracker instrument file                                
 ISU      InstallShield uninstall script (ASCII)                               
 IT       Impulse Tracker music module file (binary)                       
 ITI      Impulse Tracker instrument                                    
 ITS      Impulse Tracker sample                                        
 ITS      Internet document set (possibly a M$ file)                    
 IV       A file format use in Open Inventor                            
 IW       Idlewild screensaver                                          


                                   J

 J62      Ricoh camera format                                 
 JAR      | Java ARchive file (a compressed file for applets   
 JAR      | and related files-PKZipped) (binary)                                
 JAVA     Java source code                                    
 JBF      Paint Shop Pro image browser file (can delete, is rebuilt)
 JFF      JPEG file (graphics file) (binary)
 JIF      JPEG-JFIF Compliant image file (binary)
 JFIF     JPEG file (graphics file) (binary)
 JMP      SAS JMPDiscovery chart-to-statistics file           
 JN1      Epic MegaGames Jill of the Jungle data file         
 JPE      JPEG-JFIF Compliant bitmap (binary)
 JPEG     JPEG-JFIF Compliant bitmap (binary)
 JPG      JPEG-JFIF Compliant bitmap (binary)
 JS       JavaScript source code (ASCII)                             
 JSP      A HTML page containing a reference to a Java servlet (ASCII)
 JTF      JPEG bitmap  (binary) 
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                                   K

 K25      Kurzweil 2500 sample                                       
 KAR      Karaoke MIDI file (text+MIDI)                              
 KDC      Kodak Photo-Enhancer image file (binary)
 KBS      UNKNOWN (help appreciated)
 KEY      DataCAD Icon toolbar file                                  
 KFX      KoFax Group 4 image (binary)                                       
 KIZ      Kodak digital postcard files                               
 KKW      | Contains all K-keywords in the RoboHELP Help project      
 KKW      | Index Designer not associated with topics                 
 KMP      Korg Trinity KeyMaP file                                   
 KQP      Konica camera native files (binary)                                
 KR1      Kurzweil 2000 sample (multi-floppy)                        
 KRZ      Kurzweil 2000 sample                                       
 KSF      Korg Trinity Sample File                                   
 KSM      Embroidery machines graphics file - Old (binary)
 KYE      Kye game data                                              

                                   L
 L        Lex source
 LBM      Deluxe Paint bitmap (graphics) (binary)
 LBT      M$ FoxPro labels
 LBX      M$ FoxPro labels
 LCF      Folio License Collection file
 LCS      Folio License Update Script
 LDB      M$ Access lock file
 LDL      Corel Paradox Delivered library
 LEG      Legacy document                
 LES      Logitech Entertainment system game profiles (same as REG file)
 LFT      3D Studio (DOS) loft file
 LHA      Alternate file suffix for LZH
 LIB      Library                      
 LIC      ASCII license information file (tgs)
 LIN      DataCAD Line type file              
 LIS      Output file produced by a Structured Query Reporting (SQR) program
 LIV      Symantec Liveupdate files, assorted types, ASCII/Binary
 LLX      Laplink Exchange Agent
 LNK      Windows shortcut file
                                
 LOG      Log file   (ASCII)
 LPD      |Helix Nuts and Bolts file
 LPD      |Avery LabelPro Design File
 LQT      Liquid Audio File (binary)
 LRC      Intel Video Phone file
 LSL      Corel Paradox Saved library
 LSP      AutoLISP, CommonLISP, and other LISP language files
 LST      List file  (ASCII)
 LU       ThoughtWing Library Unit file
 LVL      Parallax Software's Miner Descent/D2 Level Extension
 LWLO     Lightwave Layered Object file
 LWOB     Lightwave Object file
 LWP      Lotus Wordpro 96/97 file
 LWSC     Lightwave Scene file
 LYR      DataCAD Layer file
 LZH      LH ARC compressed archive (binary)
 LZS      Skyroads data file


                                   M

 M1V      MPEG-related file (MIME type 'mpeg')
 M3D      Corel Motion 3D animation (binary)
 M3U      MPEG URL (MIME audio file) audio/x-mpegurl
 M3U      Playlist file (audio) (binary)
 MAT      Matlab variables file (binary)                             
 MAC      MacPaint image file (binary)
 MAD      M$ Access module                                          
 MAF      M$ Access Form                                            
 MAG      Image file (binary) (Japanese?)
 MAGIC    Magic Mail Monitor configuration file                     
 MAK      Visual Basic or MS Visual C++ Project                     
 MAM      M$ Access Macro                                           
 MAN      (UNIX) Manual page output                                   
 MAP      Map file                                                  
 MAP      Duke Nukem 3D WAD game file (binary)                              
 MAQ      M$ Access Query                                           
 MAR      M$ Access Report                                          
                                                                    
 MAS      |Master Dictionary file PCWrite                            
 MAS      |Lotus Freelance Graphics Smartmaster file (binary)                
 MAT      M$ Access Table                                           
 MAUD     MAUD sample format                                        
 MAX      | A file format which represents a scene in 
 MAX      | KINETIX's 3D Studio MAX
 MAX      |Paperport file
 MAX      |OrCAD layout file
 MAZ      |Hover maze data
 MAZ      |A file format use by Division's dVS/dVISE
 MB1      Apogee Monster Bash data file
 MBOX     Berkeley (UNIX) mailbox format
 MBX      |Extension M$ Outlook adds to saved email 
 MBX      |Eudora mailboxes (ASCII)

 MCC      |Dialer10 calling card
 MCC      |Monu-Cad Pro CAD file
 MCD      Monu-Cad Pro CAD file
 MCR      DataCAD Keyboard macro file
 MCW      M$ Word for Macintosh document
 MDA      |M$ Access add-in
 MDA      |M$ Access workgroup for version 2
 MDB      M$ Access database
 MDE      M$ Access MDE file ?????
 MDL      |Digital Tracker music module (MOD) file
 MDL      |Quake model file
 MDN      M$ Access blank database template
 MDP      UNKNOWN  (help appreciated)
 MDW      M$ Access Workgroup
 MDZ      M$ Access wizard template
 MED      Music Editor, OctaMED music module (MOD) file

 MER      | Format for interchanging spreadsheet/database 
 MER      | data; recognized by Filemaker, Excel, and others
 MES      aab Music Files
 MET      Presentation Manager metafile
 MGF      A file in a Materials and Geometry Format
 MHTM     MHTML document (MIME)
 MHTML    MHTML document (MIME)
 MI       Miscellaneous ?????
 MIC      M$ Image Composer file
 MID      MIDI music (binary)
 MIDI     MIDI music (binary)
 MIF      Adobe FrameMaker Interchange Format
 MIFF     | Machine Independent Format File. A multipart file 
 MIFF     | in the Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)  
 MIFF     | format; often created as the result of sending e-mail 
 MIFF     | with attachments in AOL.
 MIM      | The files in a multipart MIM file can be "opened" 
 MIM      | (unarchived and separated into individual files) 
 MIM      | using Winzip or a similar program.   (binary)
         
 MIME     See MIM.  ?????
 MIX      M$ Picture It! image file (binary)
 MLI      A file in 3D Studio's Material-Library format.
 MLI      Encarta Encyclopedia Media List
 MME      | A multipart file in the Multi-Purpose Internet Mail Extensions
 MME      | (MIME) format; often created as the result of sending e-mail with
 MME      | attachments in AOL. The files in a multipart MME file can be
 MME      | "opened" (unarchived and separated into individual files) using
 MME      | Winzip or a similar program. (binary)

 MMF      Meal Master Format, a recipe cataloging format
 MMF      M$ Mail File
 MMM      M$ Multimedia Movie
 MMP      Mindmapor MindManager file (binary)
 MMO      Audioactive file (audio/x-mpg)
 MN2      Descent2 Mission File
 MND      ?????
 MNI      Mandelbrot for Windows
 MNG      Multi-image Network Graphics (binary)
 MNT      M$ FoxPro menus
 MNX      M$ FoxPro menus
 MOD      FastTracker, StarTrekker, Noise Tracker music module file
 MOD      Protracker music module file
 MOD      M$ Multiplan spreadsheet
 MOD      Amiga/PC tracker module
 MOD      generic text/program module file (tgs) (ASCII)
 MOD      Eudora 3.0.6 script file
 MOV      QuickTime for Windows movie

 MP1      MPEG Audio Layer 1
 MP2      MPEG Audio Layer 2                              
 MP3      MPEG Audio Layer 3 (AC3)                        
 MPA      MPEG-related file (MIME type 'mpeg')            
 MPE      MPEG animation file                                  
 MPEG     MPEG animation file                                 
 MPG      MPEG animation file                                 
 MPP      M$ Project file                                 
 MPP      CAD drawing file format                         
 MPR      M$ FoxPro menus (compiled)                      
 MP2      MPEG Audio Layer 2 file (MIME video file)       
 MP3      MPEG Audio Layer 3 (AC3) file                   
 MRI      MRI Scan (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
 MSA      Magic Shadow Archive (binary)                           
                                                          
 MSDL     Manchesters Scene Description Language          
 MSG      M$ Mail message or message file of some kind
 MSN      M$ Network document                             
 MSN      Descent Mission File                            
 MSP      M$ Paint bitmap (binary)                                
 MTM      MultiTracker music module file (binary)
 MUL      Online game called Ultima online                
 MUS      Music (ASCII) ?????                                          
 MUS10    Mus10 audio
 MUZ      Similar to .WAV file, eg, sound file (binary)
 MVB      M$ Multimedia Viewer file                       
 MWP      Lotus Wordpro 97 Smartmaster file               


                                   N

 NAN      Nanoscope files (Raw Grayscale)                       
 NAP      NAP Metafile   Vector image ?????                     
 netCDF   network Common Data Form                              
 NCB      M$ Developer Studio file                              
 NCD      Norton Change Directory                               
 NCF      Netware Command File                                  
 NCF      Lotus Notes internal clipboard                        
 NDO      3D low-polygon modeler, Nendo                         
 NDX      ASCII index file (tgs)                                
 NET      Network 
 NFF      Neutral File Format
 NFL      Folio Infobase link                                  
 NFO      Folio Infobase
 NFO      ASCII information file (tgs)                          
 NIL      Norton Icon Library file (EasyIcons-compatible)       
 NIST     NIST Sphere audio                                     
 NLB      Oracle 7 data                                         
 NLM      Netware Loadable Module                               
 NLU      Norton Live Update E-Mail Trigger file                
 NSF      Lotus Notes database                                  
 NS2      Lotus Notes database (version 2)                      
 NST      Noise Tracker music module (MOD) file                 
 NTF      Lotus Notes database template                         
 NWC      Noteworthy Composer song file                         
 NWS      M$ OutlookExpress news message (MIME RFC822)          


                                   O

 O01      Typhoon voice file                            
 OBD      M$ Office binder template                     
 OBD      M$ Office Binder                              
 OBJ      Object file                                   
 OBZ      M$ Office Binder Wizard                       
 OCX      M$ Object Linking and Embedding custom control
 ODL      UNKNOWN (from Autospell list)
 ODS      M$ Outlook Express mailbox file (?)           
 OFF      3D mesh Object File Format                    
 OFN      M$ Office FileNew file                        
 OFT      M$ Outlook template                           
 OKT      Oktalyzer music module (MOD) file             
 OLB      OLE Object Library                            
 OLE      OLE object                                    
 OOGL     Object Oriented Graphics Library (binary)             

 OPL      Organizer Programming Language source file - Psion/Symbian
 OPO      OPL output executable file                                
 OPT      M$ Developer Studio file                                  
 OPX      OPL extension DLL                                         
 ORC      Oracle 7 script (ASCII)                                          
 ORG      Lotus Organizer file                                      
 OR2      Lotus Organizer 2 file                                    
 OR3      Lotus Organizer 97 file                                   
 ORA      Oracle 7 configuration                                    
 OSS      M$ Office Search file                                     
 OST      M$ Exchange/Outlook Offline file                          
 OTL      Super NoteTab template file (Fookes)                      
 OVL      Program overlay (binary) 

                                   P

 P10      Tektronix Plot 10 drawing                                   
 P65      Pagemaker 6.5 file                                          
 P7C      Digital ID file (MIME)                                      
 PAB      M$ Personal Address Book                                    
 PAC      SB Studio II package                                        
 PAD      Portable Application Description (ASCII) fm ACDSee
 PAK      Quake WAD file   (binary)                                           
 PAL      A compressed file  (binary)                                         
 PAS      Pascal source code (Borland) (ASCII)                               
 PAT      |DataCAD Hatch pattern file                                  
 PAT      |Corel Draw pattern                                          
 PAT      Advanced Gravis Ultrasound/Forte tech. Patch                
 PBD      PowerBuilder Dynamic library, an alternative to a native DLL
 PBF      Turtle Beach Pinnacle Bank File                             
 PBK      M$ Phonebook                                                

 PBL      | PowerBuilder Library used in the PowerBuilder                   
 PBL      | development environment                                         
 PBM      Portable bitmap image file (binary)
 PBR      PowerBuilder Resource                                            
 PCD      | Kodak Photo-CD image P-Code compiled test scripts as in         
 PCD      | M$ Tst and M$ Visual Test                                       
 PCE      Maps Eudora mailbox names to DOS filenames                       
 PCE      Eudora signature file (ASCII)
 PCH      UNKNOWN  (help appreciated)
 PCL      | Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language file                   
 PCL      | (printer-ready bitmap)  (binary)
 PCM      Audio file format                                                
 PCM      OKI MSM6376 synth chip PCM format                                
 PCP      Symantec Live Update Pro file                                    
 PCS      |PICS animation                                                   
 PCS      |Embroidery machines graphics file - Pfaff (binary)
 PCT      Macintosh PICT file (graphics) (binary)
 PCX      ZSoft Paintbrush bitmap (binary)
                                                                           
 PDB      UNKNOWN (from Autospell)
 PDD      Graphics format file
 PDF      Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format
 PDF      Netware Printer Definition File
 PDB      3Com Palmpilot database file
 PDF      Package Definition File from M$ Systems Management Server
 PDQ      Patton&Patton Flowcharting PDQ Lite file
 PDS      Graphics file
 PEC      Embroidery machines graphics file - Brother (binary)
 PES      Embroidery machines graphics file - Brother Ver 2 (binary)
 PF       Aladdin Systems Private Files encrypted file
 PFA      Type 1 font (ASCII)
 PFB      Type 1 font (binary)
 PFC      PF Component                                                     
 PFM      Printer Font Metrics                                             
 PGL      HP Plotter drawing                                               
 PGM      Portable Greymap Image file (bitmap) (binary)
 PGP      PGP encrypted file                                               
                                                                           
 PH       Temporary file generated by M$ Help Compiler                     
 PHP      HTML Script
 PHTML    Perl-parsed HTML                                                 
 PIC      |PC Paint bitmap Image File (binary)
 PIC      |Lotus picture file (binary)
 PIC      |Macintosh PICT drawing  (binary) 
 PICT     Macintosh PICT image file  (binary)
 PIF      Program Information File (Binary/ASCII)
 PIF      IBM PIF drawing (binary)
 PIG      Lucas Arts Dark Forces WAD file (binary)
 PIN      Epic Pinball data file                                           
 PIX      Inset Systems bitmap (binary)
 PJ       MKS Source Integrity file                                        
 PJX      M$'s Visual Foxpro Project                                       
 PJT      M$'s Visual Foxpro Project                                       

 PKG      | M$ Developer Studio application extension
 PKG      | (similar to a DLL file) (binary)                 
 PKR      PGP Public Keyring                        
 PL       Perl program
 PLA      Hypertext script file (PERL?)   (ASCII)                           
 PLG      A file format used by REND386/AVRIL        
 PLI      Oracle 7 data description                 
 PLM      DisorderTracker2 module                   
 PLS      DisorderTracker2 sample; Playlist file (binary)                   
 PLS      MPEG PlayList file (used by WinAmp)       
 PLS      MP3 File
 PLT      HPGL Plotter drawing   (binary)                   
 PLT      AutoCAD Plot drawing   (binary)                   
 PLT      Gerber sign-making software               

 PM5      Pagemaker 5.0 file                                             
 PM6      Pagemaker 6.0 file                                             
 PNET     Network Project
 PNG      |Portable Network Graphics bitmap (binary)
 PNG      |Paint Shop Pro Browser catalogue                               
 PNM      Image file (binary)
 PNT      MacPaint graphic file  (binary)
 PNTG     Same as PNT file                                               
 POG      Descent2 PIG file extension                                    
 POT      M$ PowerPoint Template                                         
 POV      Persistence of Vision ray-tracer                               
 PP4      Picture Publisher 4 bitmap (binary)
 PPA      M$ PowerPoint Add-in                                           
 PPF      Turtle Beach Pinnacle Program File                             
 PPM      Portable Pixelmap bitmap image file (binary)
 PPP      Parson Power Publisher                                         
                                                                         
 PPP      Serif PagePlus desktop publishing default output               
 PPS      M$ PowerPoint slide show                                       
 PPS      Paint Shop Pro image                                           
 PPT      M$ PowerPoint presentation                                     
 PRC      3Com Palmpilot resource (text or program) file                 
 PRE      Lotus Freelance presentation                                   
 PRF      Windows system file                                            
 PRF      Macromedia Director settings file                              
 PRG      dBase, Clipper, and FoxPro program source files                
 PRG      WAVmaker program                                               
 PRJ      Project File (3d Studio - DOS)
 PRN      Print Table (space delimited text) (ASCII)                            
 PRN      DataCAD Windows Printer file                                   
                                                                         
 PRO      Properties file (Netscape); Profile (????) (ASCII/binary)
 PRS      Harvard Graphics for Windows presentation (binary)
 PRT      A print-formatted file                                         
 PRV      A PsiMail Internet provider template file                      
 PRZ      Lotus Freelance Graphics 97 file (binary)
 PS       |Encapsulated PostScript image file (binary)
 PS       |Postscript printer-ready file
 PSB      Pinnacle Sound Bank                                            
 PSD      Adobe Photoshop bitmap image file (binary)
 PSI      PSION a-law audio ????? (binary)
 PSM      |Protracker Studio Module format                                
 PSM      |Sound data for Epic's games                                    
 PSP      Photo Shop Pro Raster Image (graphics) (binary)
 PST      M$ Outlook Personal Folder File                                
 PTM      Polytracker music module (MOD) file                            
                                                                         
 PUB      Ventura Publisher publication                                  
 PUB      M$ Publisher document                                          
 PWD      M$ Pocket Word document                                        
 PWL      Windows 95 password list file                                  
 PWP      Photoworks image file [film roll]                              
 PWZ      M$ PowerPoint Wizard                                           
 PXL      M$ Pocket Excel spreadsheet                                    
 PY       |Save emessages from Yahoo
 PY       |Python source code                                      
 PYC      Python byte code file


                                   Q

 QAD      PF QuickArt Document                                    
 QBW      QuickBooks for Windows file                             
 QCP      Qualcomm PureVoice file (binary)
 QDT      | Quick Books data file from the Quicken UK              
 QDT      | Accountancy/Tax/Invoice eprogram                        
 QD3D     Apple's QuickDraw 3D Metafile format                    
 QFL      FAMILY LAWYER document                                  
 QIC      M$ Backup file                                          
 QIF      QuickTime-related image (MIME)                          
 QIF      Quicken Import File                                     
 QIZ      Question text file (ASCII) (tgs)
 QLB      Quick Library                                           
                                                                  
 QM       Quality Motion file                                     
 QOT      Quotes text file (ASCII) (tgs)
 QRY      M$ Query                                                
 QST      Quake Spy Tab file                                      
 QT       QuickTime Movie (binary)                                        
 QTD      Parson's Announcements file (binary)
 QTI      QuickTime-related image (binary)                                
 QTIF     QuickTime-related image (binary)                                
 QTM      QuickTime Movie (binary)                                        
 QTP      QuickTime Preferences file                              
 QTS      Mac PICT image file (binary)                                    
 QTS      QuickTime-related image (binary)                                
 QTX      QuickTime-related image (binary)                                
 QW       Symantec Q&A Write program file                         
 QXD      Quark XPress file                                       


                                   R

 R        Pegasus Mail resource file
 RA       RealAudio sound file   (binary)
 RAM      RealAudio metafile
 RAR      RAR compressed archive (Eugene Roshall's format) (binary)
 RAS      Sun Raster Image File format (binary)
 RAW      |Raw File Format (bitmap) (binary)
 RAW      |Template file for MemoryMate (binary)
 RAW      |Raw signed PCM data
 RBH      |Maintained by RoboHELP, the RBH file adds to 
 RBH      | the information contained in the Help project file
 RC       Resource Compiler script file  (BORLAND C++ / MS C++)
 RCT      UNKNOWN  (help appreciated)
 RDF      Resource Description Framework file (related to XML and metadata)
 RDL      Descent Registered Level
 REC      Recorder macro
 REC      RapidComm voice file  (binary)
 REG      Registration/Registry file ?????
 RES      M$ Visual C++ Resource
 RFT      | Revisable Form Text (part of IBM's DCA or 
 RFT      | Document Content Architecture)
 RGB      Silicon Graphics RGB files ???? (binary)
 RIF      Metacreations Painter format
 RLE      Windows/Compuserve Run-Length Encoded bitmap (binary)
 RL2      Descent2 Registered Level
 RM       RealAudio video file (binary)
 RMD      M$ RegMaid document
 RME      ASCII Readme file (tgs)

 RMF      Rich Map Format (used by 3-D game editors to store a map)
 RMI      MIDI music sequence (binary)
 RMJ      RealJukebox file (binary)
 RMX      RealJukebox file (binary)
 ROV      Rescue Rover data file
 RPM      RedHat Package Manager package (for Linux)
 RPT      M$ Visual Basic Crystal Reports file
 RRS      save file for the ace game Road Rash
 RSL      Borderland's Paradox 7 reports
 RTF      Rich Text Format document
 RTM      Real Tracker music module (MOD) file
 RTK      Used by RoboHELP to simulate the search feature of Windows help
 RTS      |RealAudio's RTSL document
 RTS      |RoboHELP to speed complex operations
 RTS      |Remode Ridicule Sound File (Apogee)
 RUL      Extension used in InstallShield
 RVP      M$ Scan Configuration file (MIME)
 RXX      | RAR compressed files from a multi-volume archive 
 RXX      | (XX = a number from 01 to 99)  (binary)


                                   S

 S        Assembler source code                                   
 S3I      Scream Tracker v3 instrument                            
 S3M      Sound module file for ScreamTracker v3                  
 SAM      |Ami Professional document                               
 SAM      |Signed 8bit sample data                                 
 SAS      UNKNOWN (help appreciated)
 SAV      Saved game file                                         
 SB       Raw Signed Byte (8bit) data                             
                                                                  
 SBK      | Creative Labs Soundfont 1.0 Bank file                  
 SBK      | (Soundblaster)/EMU SoundFont v1.x Bank files           
 SBL      Shockwave Flash object                                  
 SBR      UNKNOWN (help appreciated)
 SC2      |M$ Schedule+ 7 file format                              
 SC2      |SAS catalog (Windows 95/NT, OS/2, Mac)                  
 SCC      M$ Source Safe file                                     
 SCD      |Matrix/Imapro SCODL slide image                         
 SCD      |M$ Schedule+ 7                                          
 SCF      Windows Explorer command file                           
 SCH      M$ Schedule+ 1                                          
 SCI      ScanVec Inspire Native file format                      
 SCN      trueSpace2 scene                                        
 SCP      Dial-Up Networking Script (ASCII)                              
 SCR      |Windows screensaver (binary) (Executable!)
 SCR      |Fax image   (binary)                                            

 SCT      |SAS catalog (DOS) ?????                                      
 SCT      |SciTex Continuous Tone bitmap (binary)
 SCT      |M$ FoxPro forms                                         
 SCT01    SAS catalog ((UNIX)) ?????                                     
 SCV      ScanVec CASmate Native file format                      
 SCX      M$ FoxPro forms                                         
 SD       Sound Designer I audio  (binary)                                
 SD2      |Sound Designer 2 flattened file/data fork               
 SD2      |SAS database (Windows 95/NT OS/2, Mac)                  
 SDF      System Data File Format - legacy Unisys (Sperry) format 
 SDK      Roland S-series floppy disk image                       
 SDL      SmartDraw library  (binary)                                     
 SDR      SmartDraw drawing  (binary)                                     

 SDS      Raw Midi Sample Dump Standard file              
 SDT      SmartDraw template                              
 SDV      Semicolon Divided Values file                   
 SDW      |Lotus WordPro graphic file  (binary)                    
 SDW      |Raw Signed DWord (32bit) data                   
 SDW      |Folio Shadow file
 SDX      Midi Sample Dump Standard files compacted by SDX

 SEA      | Self-expanding archive (used by Stuffit for Mac          
 SEA      | files and possibly by others) (binary)                           
 SEP      Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) bitmap  (binary)                  
 SES      Cood Edit Session file (common digital audio editor file )
 SET      File set for M$ backup
 SEW      Embroidery machines graphics file - Janome (binary)
 SF       IRCAM SoundFile format                                    
 SF2      Emu SoundFont v2.0 file   (binary)                                
 SFD      SoundStage Sound File Data  (binary)                              
 SFI      SoundStage Sound File Info  (binary)                              
 SFL      Soft fonts file (binary)
 SFP      Soft fonts file (binary)
 SFR      Sonic Foundry Sample Resource                             
 SFW      Seattle Film Works (Mangled JPEG) (binary)                        
 SFX      RAR self-extracting archive (binary)                              
 SF2      Creative Labs Soundfont 2.0 Bank file (Soundblaster)      
 SGML     Standard Generalized Markup Language (ASCII)                     
 SHB      Corel Show presentation                                   
 SHB      Document shortcut file                                    
 SHG      Hotspot bitmap (binary)                                           

 SHP      3D Studio (DOS) shapes file  (binary)                             
 SHP      | File format used by some programs for 3D         
 SHP      | modeling of multipart interactive triangle models
 SHS      Shell scrap file                                  
 SHW      Corel Show presentation                           
 SIG      Signature file                                    
 SHTML    HTML file containing Server Side Includes (SSI)   
 SIT      Stuffit archive of Mac files (binary)                     
 SIZ      Oracle 7 configuration                            
 SKA      PGP secret Keyring                                
 SKD      Autosketch Drawing Base (binary)
 SKL      Macromedia Director resource file                 
 SL       PACT's Save Layout extension                      
 SLB      AutoDesk Slide Library File Format                
 SLD      AutoDesk Slide File Format                        

 SLK      Symbolic Link (SYLK) spreadsheet                    
 SM3      DataCAD Symbol file                                 
 SMP      Samplevision format                                 
 SMP      Ad Lib Gold Sample                                  
 SND      |NeXT sound                                          
 SND      |Mac Sound Resource                                  
 SND      |Raw unsigned PCM data ?????
 SND      |AKAI MPC-series sample                              
 SNDR     Sounder sound file                                  
 SNDT     Sndtool sound file                                  
 SNP      Snapshot file of M$ Access 97 report
 SOU      SB Studio II sound                                  
 SPD      Speach Data file                                    
 SPL      |Shockwave Flash Object                              
 SPL      |Digitracker Sample                                  
 SPP      UNKNOWN (from Autospell)
 SPPACK   SPPack sound sample                                 
 SPRITE   Acorn's bitmap format (binary)                              
 SQC      Structured Query Language (SQR) common code file    
 
 SQL      |Informix SQL queries                                
 SQL      | Generally used by database products as an extension
 SQL      | for SQL queries (scripts, text, or binary)         
 SQR      Structured Query Language program file        
 SRT      alpha sorted text file (tgs) (ASCII)                       
 SSD01    SAS data sets ((UNIX))                                
 SSD      SAS database (DOS)                                  

 SSI      Server Side Include ?????
 STF      Unknown (ASCII) ?????
 STM      | Shorter suffix for .shtml, an HTML file containing      
 STM      | a Server Side Include (SSI)                             
 STM      |Scream Tracker v2 music module file                
 ST       Atari ST disk image                                      
 STR      Screensaver extension (binary) ?????
 STY      Ventura Publisher style sheet                            
 SVX      Amiga 8SVX sound                                         
 SVX      Interchange file format, 8SVX/16SV                       
 SW       Raw signed Word (16bit) data                             
 SWA      Shockwave audio file in Macromedia Director (an MP3 file)
 SWF      Shockwave Flash object                                   
 SWP      DataCAD Swap file                                        
 SYS      System file                                              
 SYW      Yamaha SY-series wave files ?????                             


                                   T

 TAB      Guitar Tablature file                                      
 TAR      Tape Archive (binary)                                              
 TAZ      (UNIX) Gzip/Tape Archive (binary)                                    
 TBK      Asymetrix Toolbook interactive multimedia files            
 TCL      Script in the TCL/TK Language ?????                             
 TDB      Thumbs Plus database                                       
 TDDD     A file format use by the Imagine & Turbo Silver ray-tracers
 TEX      Texture file                                               
 TGA      Targa bitmap (binary)                                              
 TGS      Personal file, eg, Tom Stewart's File (ASCII) (tgs)
 TGZ      (UNIX) Gzip/Tape Archive (binary)                                    
 THEME    Windows 95 Desktop Theme                                   
 THN      Graphics Workshop for Windows thumbnail (binary)
 TIB      UNKNOWN (from Autospell)
 TIF      Tagged Image File Format bitmap (binary)                       
 TIFF     Tagged Image File Format bitmap (binary)                       

 TIG      Tiger file, used by US government to distribute maps            
 TLB      OLE Type Library                                                
 TLE      Two-Line Element set (NASA)                                     
 TMP      Windows temporary file                                          
 TOC      Table of contents of Eudora mailboxes                           
 TOL      Kodak photoenhancer                                             
 TOS      The Operating System for Atari 16/32 and 32/32 computers
 TPL      CakeWalk Audio Template file                                    
 TPL      DataCAD Template file                                           
 TPP      Teleport Pro Project                                            
 TRK      Kermit script file                                              
 TRM      Terminal file                                                   
 TRN      MKS Source Integrity project usage log                          
 TSK      UNKNOWN (from Autospell)
 TTF      TrueType font (binary)

 TTK      Corel Catalyst Translation Tool Kit
 TWF      TabWorks file                      
 TWW      Tagwrite Template                  
 TX8      MS-DOS text  (ASCII)                      
 TXB      Descent/D2 Encoded Briefing File   
 TXT      |ASCII text-formatted audio data  ?????
 TXT      |In most cases, an ASCII text file (ASCII)
 TXW      Yamaha TX16W wave files ?????           
 TZ       Old compression format file (binary)       
 TZD      Time Zone Data (ASCII) (Netscape)
 T2T      Sonata CAD modeling software file 

                                   U

 UB       Raw unsigned byte (8-bit) data         
 UDF      Windows NT Uniqueness Database File    
 UDW      Raw unsigned doubleword (32-bit) data  
 ULAW     US telephony format (CCITT G.711) audio
 ULT      Ultratracker music module (MOD) file   
 UNI      MikMod UniMod formatted file           
 URL      Internet shortcut file                 
 USE      MKS Source Integrity file              
 UU       UU-encoded file                        
 UUE      UU-encoded file                        
 UW       Raw unsigned word (16-bit) data        
 UWF      UltraTracker Wave file                 


                                   V

 V8       Covox 8-bit audio file     
 VAP      Annotated speech           
 VBA      VBase file                 
 VBP      Visual Basic Project       
 VBS      Visual Basic Script (Executable?)
 VBW      M$ Visual Basic workspace  
 VBX      Visual Basic custom control
 VCE      | Natural MicroSystems (NMS) unformatted voice file 
 VCE      | (used by Cool Edit)
 VCF      Virtual card file (Netscape)

 VCF      | Vevi configuration file; defines objects for use 
 VCF      | with Sense8's WorldToolKit                       
 VCT      M$ FoxPro class library                           
 VCX      M$ FoxPro class library                           
 VDA      Targa bitmap (binary)                                     
 VI       | Virtual Instrument file from National Instruments
 VI       | LABView product                                  
 VIFF     Khoros Visualization format                       
                                                            
 VIR      | File identified as a virus-infected file by      
 VIR      | Norton AntiVirus and possibly others             
 VIV      VivoActive Player streaming video file            
 VIZ      Division's dVS/dVISE file                         
 VLB      Corel Ventura Library                             
 VMF      FaxWorks audio file                               
 VOC      Creative Labs, Sound Blaster audio file            
 VOX      Dialogic audio file coded using ADPCM             
 VOX      Natural MicroSystems (NMS) formatted voice file   
 VOX      Talking Technology audio file                     
 VP       Ventura Publisher publication                     

 VQE      Yamaha Sound-VQ Locator file                     
 VQF      Yamaha Sound-VQ file (possible emerging standard)
 VQL      Yamaha Sound-VQ Locator file                      
 VRF      Oracle 7 configuration                           
 VRML     A Virtual Reality Modeling Language file
 VSD      Visio drawing (flow chart or schematic)          
 VSL      Download List file (GetRight)                    
 VSS      Visio Stencil file                               
 VST      Targa bitmap (binary)                                    
 VSW      Visio Workspace file                             
 VTC      DICTIONARY file for AUTOSPELL
 VTD      DICTIONARY file for AUTOSPELL
 VXD      M$ Windows virtual device driver                 


                                   W

 WAB      M$ Outlook Address Book file
 WAD      | Large binary file for Doom game containing
 WAD      | video, player level, and other information               
 WAV      Windows Waveform sound                             
 WB1      QuattroPro for Windows spreadsheet                 
 WB2      QuattroPro for Windows spreadsheet                 
 WBK      M$ Word Backup Document
 WBL      Argo WebLoad II upload file                        
 WBR      Crick Software WordBar File                        
 WBT      Crick Software Wordbar Template                    
 WCM      WordPerfect Macro                                  
 WCM      M$ Works 4.0 Communication file
 WDB      M$ Works 4.0 database
 WEB      CorelXara Web document                             
 WFB      Turtle Beach WaveFront Bank (Maui/Rio/Monterey)    
 WFD      Turtle Beach WaveFront Drum set (Maui/Rio/Monterey)
 WFN      symbols for use in Corel Draw                      
 
 WFP      Turtle Beach WaveFront Program (Maui/Rio/Monterey)                
 WGP      Wild Board Games data file
 WGT      M$ NetMeeting Whiteboard                                        
 WID      Ventura width table                                               
 WIL      WinImage file                                                     
 WIZ      M$ Word Wizard                                                    
 WK1      Lotus 123 versions 1 & 2 spreadsheet                              
 WK3      Lotus 123 version 3 spreadsheet                                   
 WK4      Lotus 123 version 4 spreadsheet                                   
 WKB      
 WKS      Lotus 123 Worksheet spreadsheet                                   
 WKS      M$ Works 4.0 Sheet or Chart
 WLD      REND386/AVRIL file                                                
 WLF      Argo WebLoad I upload file                                        
 WLL      M$ Word Add-In                                                    
 WMF      Windows Meta File (graphics) (binary)
 WOW      Grave Composer music module (MOD) file                            
 WP       WordPerfect document                                              
                                                                            
 WPW      Novel PerfectWorks document                                       
 WP4      WordPerfect 4 document                                            
 WP5      WordPerfect 5 document                                            
 WP6      WordPerfect 6 document                                            
 WPC      UNKNOWN (binary) (help appreciated)
 WPD      |UNKNOWN (from Autospell)
 WPD      |WordPerfect Demo                                                  
 WPD      |WordPerfect 6.0/7.0 Document
 WPG      WordPerfect Graphic file (bitmap or vector) (binary)
 WPS      M$ Works document                                                 
 WPT      WordPerfect Template                                              
 WQ1      QuattroPro/DOS spreadsheet                                        
 WQ2      QuattroPro/DOS version 5 spreadsheet                              
 WR1      Lotus Symphony                                                    
 WRI      Write document                                                    
 WRK      Cakewalk music audio project file                                 

 WRL      Virtual Reality model          
 WRZ      Another VRML fileject  ?????        
 WS1      WordStar for Windows 1 document
 WS2      WordStar for Windows 2 document
 WS3      WordStar for Windows 3 document
 WS4      WordStar for Windows 4 document
 WS5      WordStar for Windows 5 document
 WS6      WordStar for Windows 6 document
 WS7      WordStar for Windows 7 document
 WSD      WordStar 2000 document         
 WSE      UNKNOWN (from Autospell)
 WTA      UNKNOWN (from Autospell)
 WVL      Wavelet Compressed Bitmap  (binary)    
 WWL      M$ Word add-in file            


                                   X

 X        AVS image format                         
 XAR      Corel Xara drawing                       
 XBM      A MIME 'xbitmap' image file (binary)                 
 XI       Instrument sample file for ScreamTracker 
 XIF      Wang imaging file (comes with Windows 95)
 XLA      M$ Excel add-in                          
 XLB      M$ Excel toolbar                         
 XLC      M$ Excel chart                           
 XLD      M$ Excel dialogue                        
 XLK      M$ Excel backup                          
 XLL      M$ Excel add-in file                     
 XLM      M$ Excel macro                           
 XLS      M$ Excel worksheet                       
 XLT      M$ Excel template                        
 XLV      M$ Excel VBA module                      
 XLW      M$ Excel workbook / workspace            

 XM       FastTracker 2, Digital Tracker music module file
 XM       eXtended module (audio) (binary)
 XML      ASCII data file fm ACDSee
 XNK      M$ Exchange shortcut file                             
 XPM      X BitMap format image file (binary)
 XR1      Epic MegaGames Xargon data file                       
 XTP      XTree data file                                       
 XWD      X Window Dump format                                  
 XWF      Yamaha XG Works file (MIDI sequencing)                
 XXX      |Embroidery machines graphics file - Compucon/Singer (binary)
 XXX      |ASCII letter template file (tgs)                      
 XY3      XYWrite III document                                  
 XY4      XYWrite IV document                                   
 XYP      XYWrite III Plus document                             
 XYW      XYWrite for Windows 4.0 document                      
 X16      Macromedia Extra (program extension), 16 bit          
 X32      Macromedia Extra (program extension), 32 bit          


                                   Y

 Y        YACC (Yet Another C Compiler) source code
 YAL      Arts & Letters clipart library
 YBK      M$ Encarta Yearbook


                                   Z

 Z        (UNIX) Gzip  compressed archive (binary)
 ZIP      Zip file   Compressed archive (binary)
 ZOO      An early compressed file format (binary)

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