File Extensions A filename extension is an identifier

File Extensions. A filename extension is an identifier specified as a suffix to the name of a computer file. The extension indicates a characteristic of the file contents or its intended use. A file extension is typically delimited from the filename with a full stop(periods), but in some systems it is separated with spaces.

File Type Text Image Sound File Extension. asc. docx. msg. txt. wpd. wps. bmp. eps. gif. jpg. pict. png. tif Video . aac. au. mid. mp 3. ra. snd. wma. wav. avi. mpg. mov. wmv Program . bat. com. exe Compressed . arc. arj. gz. hqx. rar. sit. tar. zip

AVI Video file extensions. Short for Audio Video Interleave, AVI is the standard file format used for video files under Microsoft Windows The maximum size of an AVI is 2 Gig. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback. The most commonly found video file extensions are: . flv, . mov, . mp 4, . wmv, . mpg etc.

Audio file extensions MP 3 MPEG AUDIO Layer 3 MP 3 files are commonly used to store a song or the whole CD and require very little hard drive space. Because of their small file size a computer can save several hundred or thousands of songs. Some of the most common audio file extensions are: . midi, . mp 3, . mpa, . wav, . wma etc.

Compressed file extensions 7 -Zip is a free, open source software used to compress and uncompress files. Zip files are a collection of files and folders compressed into a single, smaller file so that they are opened when send to other folder without any problem. The most common compressed file extensions are: . 7 z, . zip, . pkg, . rar, . rpm etc.

Image file extensions. JPG Short for Joint Photographic Experts Group, JPEG is a colourimage graphics compression format. JPEG compresses the files and folders that contains images into small size so that it can be opened on different computer. JPEG is also abbreviated as JPG in the file extension used with IBM compatible computers. The most common image file extensions are: . ai, . bmp, . gif, . ico, . jpeg, . png, . ps, . tiff etc.

Word processor and text file extensions. PDF Short for Portable Document Format , PDF is a file format developed by Adobe that enables users to capture the native appearance of a document. It is useful because it allows the document to be viewed and printed the same way on any device. PDF files are frequently used in legal documents, such as tax papers, bank statements, and other forms that require the user to fill in data. The most common file extensions used in text files and documents are: . doc and. docx, . pdf, . rtf, . tex, . txt, . wks, . wpd etc.

Executable file extensions. JAR Short for JAVA archive, a JAR file is a collection of multiple files as one single file. JAR files are an easy way to distribute Java applications, much like compressing a file into a zip file is an easy way to distribute other programs over the Internet. The most common file extensions used in executable are: . apk, . bat, . bin, . exe, . jar, . py etc.