File Formats

List of File Formats

This list encompasses a variety of file formats used across different industries. Understanding these formats is essential for effective data management and interoperability.

489 itemsUpdated Mar 13, 2026

This list compiles 494 file formats used across various digital domains including documents, multimedia, and data interchange. It encompasses markup languages, container formats, and specialized file types relevant to computing and digital media.

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HTML5

2

JSON

3

XML

4

TeX

5

LaTeX

6

HTML

7

XML Schema

9

XSL

10

PDF

11

N-Triples

12

Cascading Style Sheets

13

Blu-ray Disc

14

RDF/XML

15

Keyhole Markup Language

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text file

17

Turtle

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Java bytecode

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.htaccess

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xz

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IBM Generalized Markup Language

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Virtual Reality Modeling Language

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HD DVD

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LIT

25

Jakarta Server Pages

26

OpenDocument

27

Cabinet

28

Exchangeable image file format

29

revocation list

30

RealAudio

31

Portable Game Notation

32

Standard Generalized Markup Language

33

Audio Video Interleave

34

Document Type Definition

35

MPEG-4

36

Zoo

37

JavaHelp

38

Extensible Application Markup Language

39

Glulx

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OMDoc

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Wireless Markup Language

42

shapefile

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YAML

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tar

45

iCalendar

46

Mbox

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RatDVD

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reStructuredText

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ACE 1

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hOCR

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Business Process Modeling Language

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vCalendar

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ARC

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ART image file format

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Advanced Stream Redirector

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vCard

57

deb

58

.DS_Store

59

AppImage

60

DjVu

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MPEG-1

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European Data Format

63

Adobe Type 1 ASCII Font Metrics

64

Lossless predictive audio compression

65

LHA

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OPDS

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Amigaguide

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Theora

69

ICC profile

70

Extended Module

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Advanced Authoring Format

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AVCHD

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dynamic-link library

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PLS

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Program information file

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afio

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X-Face

78

Electronic Design Interchange Format

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temporary file

80

Super Video CD

81

Windows Registry

82

JHTML

83

proxy auto-config

84

batch file

85

MT9

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PCX file format family

87

NMEA 0183

88

XML Metadata Interchange

89

Intel HEX

90

Shorten

91

Dirac

92

Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

93

BBCode

94

Apple Lossless

95

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set

96

certificate signing request

97

Enterprise Application aRchive

98

Arden syntax

99

Creole

100

Sun Microsystems audio file

101

Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System

102

XML Shareable Playlist Format

103

WebP Lossless

104

Autorun.inf

105

Forsyth–Edwards Notation

106

MARC standards

107

AsciiDoc

108

XML User Interface Language

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Microsoft Management Console

110

Beamer

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RealVideo

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DirectDraw Surface

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T.38

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Quicken Interchange Format

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TrueType Font

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GRIB

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PostScript Printer Description

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BinHex

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ZIM

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Alembic

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BGRUND

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Symbolic Link

123

Citation Style Language

124

Web Ontology Language

125

Geographic Data Files

126

OPML

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Microsoft Document Imaging Format

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Timed Text

129

Motion JPEG

130

Smacker video

131

DOT language

132

device independent file format

133

Cryptographic Message Syntax

134

Web Open Font Format

135

MPEG-1 Audio Layer I

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Java archive

137

BBeB

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RIS

139

Geography Markup Language

140

Windows thumbnail cache

141

comma-separated values

142

CorelDRAW Document

143

Web application ARchive

144

SREC

145

MHTML

146

Report Definition Language

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shell script

148

eXtensible Business Reporting Language

149

SoundFont

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NITF

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Universal 3D

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Open XML Paper Specification

153

Industry Foundation Classes

154

High-Efficiency Advanced Audio Coding

155

Microsoft Compiled HTML Help

156

Caltech Intermediate Form

157

Short Payment Descriptor

158

Card Verifiable Certificate

159

HighMAT

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Property list

161

qcow

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LDAP Data Interchange Format

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Windows Media Audio 9 Lossless

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.properties

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Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language

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RealMedia

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SIS

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CoffeeScript

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file shortcut

170

Compact Disc Audio track

171

Computable Document Format

172

LandXML

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Efficient XML Interchange

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INI file

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Cue sheet

176

JBIG2

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WinHelp

178

ISAM

179

DTBook

180

Perl module

181

Darwin Information Typing Architecture

182

.sys

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MPEG-2 transport stream

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Design Web Format

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Resource Interchange File Format

186

NRG

187

Digital Speech Standard

188

Direct Stream Digital

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Disc Description Protocol

190

Disk Masher System

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STL

192

M3U

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Maildir

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XYZ file format

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NFO

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LyRiCs

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PHP Archive

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ebuild

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local shared object

200

QuickTime VR

201

Textile

202

Encoded Archival Description

203

OpenEXR

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WMV HD

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netCDF

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quarter-inch cartridge

207

Extended Display Identification Data

208

MapInfo Interchange Format

209

Extensible Forms Description Language

210

Value Change Dump

211

Fibex

212

MrSID

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Notation3

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Texinfo

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Flexible Image Transport System

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NZB

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Photoshop Big

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Scream Tracker 3 module

220

Ink Serialized Format

221

ZIX archive

222

GDSII stream format

223

GENealogical inDEX

224

GeoTIFF

225

Windows Contacts

226

Audio Lossless Coding

227

Transferred Account Procedure 3

228

Styled Layer Descriptor

229

Graph Modelling Language

230

Tag Library Descriptor

231

Smart Game Format

232

Cross-Platform Installer Module

233

HDRi

234

HTML Application

235

Interchange File Format

236

Uuencoding

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Harwell-Boeing file format

238

JT

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FASTA format

240

Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format

241

Standard Test Data Format

242

DVD BUP File

243

Protocol Buffers

244

iFrame

245

ISYBAU exchange file format

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Information Presentation Facility

247

Job Definition Format

248

WBFS

249

Konqueror website archive

250

OpenOffice.org XML

251

Microsoft Library

252

HyTime

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XLIFF

254

Privacy-enhanced Electronic Mail

255

Microsoft Assistance Markup Language

256

Maker Interchange Format

257

Translation Memory eXchange

258

Material Exchange Format

259

MAB

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Meridian Lossless Packing

261

Metalink

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Microsoft Digital Video Recording

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WAD

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iMelody

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Mixed Raster Content

266

Multi Picture Object

267

FILE_ID.DIZ

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Simple file verification

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two-line element set

270

Nexus file

271

Notation Interchange File Format

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ODX

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Object File Format

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Open Artwork System Interchange Standard

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PAK

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Portable Document Format for Engineering

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PICT

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MusicDNA

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RWX

280

Playstation Patch File

281

Portable Sound Format

282

Wavefront .obj file

283

Railway Markup Language

284

registry file

285

Requirements Interchange Format

286

JPEG-LS

287

Java class file

288

SPC700 sound file

289

SQX

290

System.map

291

Software Package Data Exchange

292

WWF, unprintable PDF

293

Direct Access Archive

294

SpreadsheetML

295

JISP

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Standard Parasitic Exchange Format

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Windows Media Player Playlist

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Compressed image format

299

Structured Fax File

300

TeX font metric

301

Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange

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torrent file

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XRDS

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Blu-ray Disc Audio-Video MPEG-2 Transport Stream container file format

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nds

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ARJ

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BSP

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Crystallographic Information File

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VDA-FS

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3DXML

311

B3D

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Biovision Hierarchy

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CFD General Notation System

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CMX file format

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.htpasswd

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Core Audio Format

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xorg.conf

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DGN

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FASTQ format

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Filmbox

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Polygon File Format

322

Flash XML Graphics

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txt2tags

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HD-VDM

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SubStation Alpha

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Tiny Tafel

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MD2

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Newick tree format

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OXT

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Product Representation Compact

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PowerPoint show

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Program database

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Rich Text Format Directory

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StuffIt X archive

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Secure Digital Container

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MPEG-4 Scalable Lossless Coding

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Excel Binary File Format

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STEP file

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ICER

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tab-separated values

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UHARC archive

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Universal Subtitle Format

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VGM

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VEG

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MicroDVD

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Word Perfect Graphic 1.0

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WebVTT

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utmp

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Office Open XML Spreadsheet Document, ECMA-376 1st Edition

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XPD

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Xtremsplit file format

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JTAG Chain Information

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Microsoft Word document template

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MDX

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Common format for Transient Data Exchange for power systems

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DisplayID

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DV

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ASCII tab

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karaoke file

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MDL Molfile

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Meta Content Framework

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MAG File Format

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Package interchange format

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RDOFF

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RF64

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RGBE image format

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SEG-Y

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shar

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Network Bootable Image

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Java Application Descriptor

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XAP

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Desktop.ini

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Ghost image

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IES

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KSS

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LOGML

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MAGMA

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MO3

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Portable Draughts Notation

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long-term prediction

381

Trivial Graph Format

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Vector Quantized Animation

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XAML Browser Applications

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XDXF

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Shareaza collection

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eMule collection

387

Assembly (CLI)

388

Direct Connect Hublist

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ARFF

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.3ds

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Blizzard Game Picture

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X File Format

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8-Bit Sampled Voice

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ACE file format

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ANIM

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Abuse Reporting Format

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Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec

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Activity Streams

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ShockWave Component

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Amiga Disk File

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Annodex

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ArchiCAD library part

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Arm Image Format

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Atari SAP music format

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Avatar

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BAI

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BSAVE

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Backup-file Format

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Bak file

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Be-Music Source

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Blorb

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Kindle Format 8

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CCP4

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CDXML

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CDX Format

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CFS

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Corel Photo-Paint Image

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CPack

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CloneCD Control File

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Compound File Binary File Format

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Content Sealed Format

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Creative Music Format

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DGML

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Downloadable Sounds

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DVD+VR

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DWARF

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Darwin Core Archive

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Data Interchange Format

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Design Exchange Format

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DivX Plus HD

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Document Definition Markup Language

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dotXSI

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Extended Common Object File Format

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EGG

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eXtended Triton Format

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Qualcomm code-excited linear prediction

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MPQ

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enriched text

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Envoy

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SAWSDL

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Excellon format

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Execute Direct Access Program

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Extended Log Format

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Extensible MPEG-4 Textual Format

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fielded text

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File Streaming Technology

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File change log

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Fuzzy markup language

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GIFT

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GUIDO music notation

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Game Boy Sound

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Gene transfer format

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General Data Format for Biomedical Signals

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General Exchange Format

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General content descriptor

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General feature format

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GeoJSON

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GeoPDF

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ChordPro

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HTML Components

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CVCD

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Synthetic music mobile application format

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JavaScript format

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ISO base media file format

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PFB

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Intuit Interchange Format

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JSGF

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JSON-LD

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JScript.Encode

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SigmaTel Motion Video

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Video Recording Object file

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QWK

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VCDIFF

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LBR

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Layered Image File Format

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Library Exchange Format

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Log ASCII Standard Format

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Logluv TIFF

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Lowrance Electronics

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Lpod

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MD3

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MOI

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Mathematical Programming System

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MPX Microsoft Project Exchange File Format

485

MRC

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MSSTYLES

487

Management Information Format

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MapInfo TAB format

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Microsoft Tape Format

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Mozilla Archive Format

494

National Transfer Format

This list is compiled from verified public records and reference sources. Last verified: March 13, 2026.

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